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IT  IS  HEREBY  AGREED,  that  this  book 
from  the  Library  of  30?  Caum,  3r.,  shall  not  be 
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Author  and  Party  of  the  second  part 


JOE  DOAKS,  Notary 
By  Authority  of  Book    and  Umbrella  Collectors  Ass'n,  Inc. 


WHO'S  WHO 

ON 

THE    STAGE 


DRAMATIC  REFERENCE 
BOOK  and  BIOGRAPHICAL 
DICTIONARY  OF  THE 
THEATRE  f[  CONTAIN 
ING  RECORDS  OF  THE 
CAREERS  OF  ACTORS 
ACTRESSES  MANAGERS 
and  PLAYWRIGHTS  OF 
THE  AMERICAN  STAGE 


COPYRIGHT,  1906,  BY  WALTER  BROWNE 

WALTER   BROWNE  &  F.  A.  AUSTIN,  EDITORS  &•  PUBLISHERS 

KNICKERBOCKER  THEATRE  BUILDING,  NEW  YORK  CITY 


preface. 

In  issuing  our  first  edition  of  Who's  Wlio  On  The  Stage  we 
wish,  first  of  all,  to  extend  our  hearty  thanks  to  all  those  who  have 
aided  us  in  our  earnest  effort  to  compile  a  hook  which,  heing 
accurate,  honest  and  truthful,  cannot  fail  to  be  valuable  as  a  work 
of  reference.  To  those  artists — and  they  are  in  the  majority — who 
kindly  supplied  us  with  data  for  their  own  biographies,  thus  insur- 
ing absolute  accuracy,  we  are  especially  thankful. 

The  task  we  set  ourselves  to  accomplish  was  to  present  in 
attractive  and  artistic  form  biographical  sketches  of  all  who  have 
attained  eminence  in  connection  with  the  contemporary  American 
stage.  Our  first  edition  contains  biographies,  not  only  of  hundreds 
of  actors  and  actresses,  including  all  the  stars  and  many  lesser  lights, 
but  also  of  managers,  playwrights,  musical  composers,  opera  singers 
and  the  most  prominent  of  vaudeville  artists.  Such  a  work  on  such 
an  elaborate  scale  has  never  before  been  attempted  in  this  country. 

It  is  our  belief  that  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage  will  prove 
valuable  as  a  book  of  reference  and  be  found  interesting?  not  only 
to  all  connected  with  the  American  stage,  but  to  thousands  who  like 
to  knowr  the  histories  and  careers  of  those  whom  otherwise  they  see 
only  in  the  glamour  of  the  footlights  for  a  few  brief  hours.  The 
playgoer,  after  enjoying  the  performance  of  some  footlight  favorite, 
may  turn  to  his  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage  and  there  learn  full  par- 
ticulars of  such  actor's  or  actress's  careers,  together  with  such  facts 
concerning  his  or  her  private  life  as  are  matters  of  public  record 
and  of  general  interest. 

In  compiling  the  biographies  it  has  been  our  endeavor  to  "nothing 
extenuate  nor  set  down  aught  in  malice."  Where  the  matter  has  not 
been  supplied  by  the  subjects  themselves,  all  the  facts  set  forth  have 
been  duly  authenticated  by  painstaking  research.  At  the  same  time 
we  do  not  claim  to  be  infallible,  and  some  errors  may  have  crept  into 
our  work.  We  are  anxious  that  our  attention  be  called  to  these,  so 
that  they  may  be  corrected  in  our  next  issue.  Since  going  to  press 
with  this  issue  the  advance  sale  has  made  it  imperative  that  we  publish  a 
second  edition,  which  will  be  ready  next  year,  and  which  will  contain 
hundreds  of  additional  biographies.  After  that  time  it  is  our  inten- 
tion to  publish  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage  annually,  at  the  close  of 
each  dramatic  season,  bringing  it  strictly  up  to  date  each  year. 

Xew  stars  are  constantly  arising,  new  successes  being  achieved, 
and  the  theatrical  ^vorld  is  full  of  kaleidoscopic  changes;  these  will 
be  noted  from  year  to  year  in  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage,  so  that  it 
may  become  a  brief  chronicle  and  abstract  of  the  times.  Some,  per- 
haps, may  make  their  final  exit,  and  these  must  sorrowfully  be  dropped 


from  the  ranks.  Since  this  edition  was  put  in  type,  and  only  three 
days  after  he  himself  had  revised  his  biography,  destined  to  become  his 
obituary,  which  appears  in  this  volume,  that  splendid  actor  and  gentle- 
man George  Clarke  passed  away. 

While  we  have  endeavored  in  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage  to  pre- 
sent the  biographies  as  nearly  as  possible  in  alphabetical  order,  the  ex- 
igencies of  page  "make-up" — so  as  to  present  the  illustrations  in  their 
proper  places — prevented  absolute  obedience  to  this  rule.  All  names 
with  the  same  initial,  however,  will  be  found  together. 

In  submitting  our  work,  "with  all  its  imperfections  on  its  head," 
it  is  not  our  desire  to  disarm  honest  criticism.  Indeed,  we  invite  such 
criticism,  so  that  in  future  issues  we  may  press  nearer  to  the  goal  for 
which  we  have  aimed,  and  that  is,  to  publish  a  full,  complete  and  abso- 
lutely accurate  biographical  dictionary  of  the  contemporary  American 
stage.  At  the  same  time,  we  feel  justified  in  briefly  referring  to  the 
countless  and  unexpected  obstacles  which  we  had  to  overcome  in  com- 
piling this  book.  Not  the  least  of  these  was  the  extraordinary  apathy 
exhibited  by  those  who  we  believed  would  be  most  interested  in  our 
project,  and  the  scantily  veiled  attitude  of  suspicion  and  distrust  with 
which  our  honest  overtures  were  greeted. 

We  are  fully  aware  that  our  first  edition  is  incomplete,  inasmuch 
as  there  are  hundreds  of  American  actors  and  actresses,  managers,  &c., 
who  should,  by  reason  of  their  positions  in  the  profession,  be  repre- 
sented in  the  pages  of  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage.  At  the  same  time, 
we  point  to  the  fact  that  there  is  not  one  of  them  to  whom  we  did  not 
extend  a  cordial  invitation  to  supply  data  for  biographies  for  insertion 
in  our  book,  entirely  free  of  cost  to  them  and  without  the  smallest 
obligation  to  become  a  purchaser  of  the  work.  More  than  two  thousand 
such  invitations  were  sent  to  actors  and  actresses  of  repute  throughout 
the  country,  and  these  were  all  accompanied  by  stamped,  addressed 
envelopes  for  the  return  of  the  required  matter. 

To  more  than  half  this  number,  second,  and  in  many  instances 
third,  circulars  were  sent.  Many  responded,  and  thus  enabled  us  to 
publish  absolutely  complete  and  accurate  biographies  of  themselves. 
Where  this  advantage  was  not  afforded  us,  the  biographies  were 
carefully  compiled  from  the  best  and  most  authentic  sources.  In 
hundreds  of  instances  typewritten  copies  of  what  we  proposed  to  pub- 
lish were  sent  to  the  subjects,  with  requests  that  they  would  correct 
and  revise  them,  filling  any  important  omissions. 

Printed  proofs  of  seventy-five  per  cent  of  the  biographies  appear- 
ing in  this  first  edition  of  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage  were  sent  to  the 
subjects  of  those  biographies,  and  nearly  all  were  revised  by  the  actors 
and  actresses  themselves.  We  have  made  every  possible  effort  to  en- 
sure accuracy.  We  have  given  all  who  should  be  in  its  pages  a  chance 
to  occupy  a  position  in  Who's  Who  On  The  Stage.  While  regretting, 
rather  than  apologizing  for,  any  possible  shortcomings,  we  earnestly 
invite  the  aid  of  all  interested,  so  that  our  next  issue  may  be  better 
and  more  complete. 


Who's  Who  on  The  Stage 

AAMS,  MISS  MAUDE  (KISKADDEN),  was  born  in  Salt  Lake 
City,  Xovember  11,  1872.  Her  father  was  James  Kiskadden.  a  business 
man.  Her  mother,  a  well  known  actress,  Mrs.  Annie  Adams,  the  daughter 
of  a  Utah  pioneer  who  claimed  to  come  from  John  Quincy  Adams  stock, 
is  still  playing.  When  Maude  was  born  Annie  Adams  was  leading  woman  at  the 
Salt  Lake  Theatre,  which  enjoyed  the  special  patronage  of  Brigham  Young.  Phil 
Margetts,  an  Englishman,  now  the  proprietor  of  a  liquor  store  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
but  formerly  a  popular  comedian,  claims  the  distinction  of  first  putting  Mis? 
Maude  Adams  on  the  stage,  or.  rather,  of  carrying  her  there.  The  future  star  was 
just  nine  months  old  when  a  play  called  "The  Lost  Child"  was  being  produced  at 
the  Salt  Lake  Theatre.  She  had  been  taken  to  the  theatre  by  a  nurse.  Margetts 
was  cast  for  the  father  of  the  lost  child.  At  the  last  moment  he  found  he  was 
expected  to  fondle  a  rag  doll.  While  he  was  lamenting  this  Mrs.  Kiskadden  went 
to  the  wings  with  Maude  in  her  arms.  Margetts  snatched  the  baby  from  her  and 
dashed  onto  the  stage. 

When  she  was  five  years  old,  in  1877,  Miss  Maude  Adams  played  her  first  speak- 
ing part,  Little  Schneider,  at  the  old  Bush  Theatre,  San  Francisco,  with  J.  K. 
Emmet  in  one  of  his  "Fritz"  plays.  She  also  played  Chrystal  in  "Chums,"  by 
David  Belasco,  who  had  just  risen  from  call  boy  to  stage  manager  at  the  Baldwin 
Theatre.  In  the  cast  were  James  O'Xeill.  Lewis  Morrison  and  the  late  James  A. 
Herne.  When  she  was  six  years  old  she  was  sent  to  school,  where  she  remained 
until  she  was  sixteen.  Immediately  on  leaving  school  Miss  Adams  played  the  part 
of  a  schoolmistress  in  Hoyt's  "A  Midnight  Bell,"  produced  at  the  Madison  Square 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  1888.  She  afterward  played  in  "Men  and  Women"  and 
created  the  part  of  the  crippled  girl  in  "The  Lost  Paradise,"  which  first  attracted 
attention  to  her. 

In  the  autumn  of  1890  Miss  Adams  made  her  first  appearance  under  the  Froh- 
rrian  management  as  Evangeline  Bender  in  William  Gillette's  comedy  "All  the 
Comforts  of  Home,"  as  a  member  of  Charles  Frohman's  first  stock  company  at 
what  is  now  Proctor's  Twenty-third  Street  Theatre.  Xew  York.  Henry  Miller 
headed  the  cast. 

When  John  Drew  left  the  Augustin  Daly  company  to  become  a  star  under 
Charles  Frohman's  management  Miss  Adams  was  selected  as  his  leading  woman, 
and  in  September,  1892,  she  appeared  with  him  at  Palmer's  Theatre,  now  known 
as  Wallace's,  in  Clyde  Fitch's  comedy  "The  Masked  Ball,"  and  made  a  marked 
success  in  the  part  of  the  wife  who  assumes  intoxication.  For  five  years  Miss 
Adams  was  leading  woman  with  John  Drew.  She  made  her  first  appearance  as  a 
star,  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman,  as  Lady  Babbie,  in  J.  M.  Barrie's 
"The  Little  Minister,"  in  Washington.  D.  ('.,  September  13,  1898.  Her  first  stellar 
appearance  in  Xew  York  was  in  the  same  play  at  the  Empire  Theatre,  Septem- 
ber 27  of  the  same  year.  Eobert  Edeson  played  the  title  part.  In  1900  Charles 
Frohman  made  a  special  production  of  "Romeo  and  Juliet."  in  which  Miss  Adams 
starred  as  Juliet  in  a  successful  run  in  Xew  York  City  and  a  tour  of  the  principal 
Eastern  cities.  In  1901  she  starred  in  "L'Aiglon,"  acting  the  role  originated  by 
Sarah  Bernhardt.  In  1902  she  starred  in  "Quality  Street"  and  in  1903  in  "The 


Pretty  Sister  of  Don  Jose."  After  a  season's  rest  she  reappeared  in  1905  in  a 
revival  of  "The  Little  Minister"  and  also  in  "Hop  o'  My  Thumb."  On  November 
6,  1905,  she  opened  at  the  Empire  Theatre,  New  York  City,  in  J.  M.  Barrie's 
"Peter  Pan."  This  proved  one  of  the  most  artistic  successes  of  her  career  and  ran 
until  June  9.  Miss  Adams's  New  York  home  is  No.  23  East  41st  street. 


AINGDON,  WILLIAM  L.  (WILLIAM  LEPPER),  actor,  was  born 
at  Towchester.  Northamptonshire,  England,  in  1862.  He  was  educated  at 
a  private  school  and  began  business  as  a  clerk  in  a  bank.  The  fascination 
of  the  footlights  caused  him  to  resign  when  he  was  nineteen  years  old  and 
join  a  theatrical  stock  company  to  play  utility  parts,  and  he  made  his  first  ap- 
pearance in  Belfast.  Ireland,  in  1881.  For  two  years  he  "roughed"  it  in  the  Eng- 
lish provinces  and  then  attracted  the  notice  of  Wilson  Barrett,  with  whom  he  played 
juvenile  parts  in  "Lights  o'  London,"  "Romany  Eye,"  "The  Silver  King,"  etc.  In 
1887  he  made  his  first  appearance  in  London  at  the  Princess  Theatre,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years.  In  December,  1889,  he  began  a  long  engagement  at  the 
Adelphi  Theatre,  creatino-  leading  heavy  roles  in  "The  Silver  Falls."  "London 
Day  by  Day,"  "The  English  Rose,"  "The  Lost  Paradise,"  "The  Fatal  Card,"  "The 
Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me,"  "Flying  Colours"  and  "Captain  Kettle."  Leaving  there 
he  went  to  the  Shaftesbury  Theatre  for  the  leading  part  in  "Handfast,"  and  after  this 
he  appeared  as  Laurent,  in  the  first  performance  of  "Therese  Eaquin,"  and  as 
Hailma  Eckdal,  in  "The  Wild  Duck."  After  this  he  played  leading  roles  in 
numerous  farcical  comedies  at  the  Vaudeville  Theatre.  In  1898  he  joined  John 
Hare  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  playing  Bertie  Burnside.  in  "The  Old  Jew,"  and  was 
a  fine  Captain  Hawtree,  in  a  revival  of  "Caste."  After  playing  at  His  Majesty's 
Theatre  with  Olga  Nethersole  in  1900  he  starred  at  the  Olympic  Theatre  as  Apollyon, 
in  "Pilgrim's  Progress,"  and  as  Lord  Nelson,  in  a  drama  by  Robert  Buchanan. 
He  then  was  seen  as  Jim  the  Penman,  in  a  revival  of  that  play,  and  as  Ward  Cross, 
in  "The  Idler,"  in  1902,  He  created  the  part  of  Lord  Jeffries,  in  "Sweet  Nell  of 
Old  Drury,"  and  was  the  Professor  Moriarty  during  the  long  run  of  "Sherlock 
Holmes,"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre. 

He  made  his  first  appearance  in  America  in  1903,  playing  leading  parts  with 
Amelia  Bingham  in  "The  Frisky  Mrs.  Johnson,"  "The  Climbers"  and  "A  Modern 
Magdalen."  Returning  to  London  in  1905,  he  was  seen  in  support  of  Mrs.  Brown 
Potter  at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  and  afterward  as  a  leading  member  of  Beerbohm  Tree's 
company  at  His  Majesty's  Theatre.  In  1906  he  was  seen  again  in  New  York,  play- 
ing in  '"Gallops,"  at  the  Garrick  Theatre.  In  the  fall  of  1906  he  played  Mark 
Tremblett,  in  Alfred  Sutro's  "The  Price  of  Money,"  with  W.  H.  Crane,  at  the 
same  theatre.  In  May,  1906,  Mr.  Abingdon  married  Bijou  Fernandez,  daughter 
of  Mrs.  E.  L.  Fernandez,  a  New  York  theatrical  agent.  He  is  an  expert  cricket 
player  and  fond  of  rowing.  His  London  address  is  Savoy  Mansions,  W.  C.  He  is 
a  member  of  The  Lambs,  New  York. 


tBOTT,  MISS  BESSIE  (PICKENS),  prima  donna,  was  born  at 
Riverside,  New  York,  in  1878,  and  is  a  descendant  of  the  famous  Pickens 
family  of  South  Carolina,  whose  members  distinguished  themselves  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  in  battling  for  the  Confederacy  and  in  the  making  of 
the  New  South.  Her  grandfather  was  for  many  years  United  States  Ambassador 
at  St.  Petersburg.  With  her  sister,  Jessie,  she  was  reared  in  luxury,  and  the  aptitude 
both  displayed  for  vocal  and  instrumental  music  was  fostered  by  special  education  in 

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voice  culture  and  banjo  and  guitar  playing.  Their  father's  death,  however,  left 
them  in  such  straitened  circumstances  that  they  were  forced  to  turn  to  account  the 
talent  which  they  had  displayed  at  charity  benefits  and  the  drawing  room  enter- 
tainments of  their  friends.  Going  to  New  York,  they  obtained  a  place  in  the 
chorus  of  Augustin  Daly's  "The  Foresters"  company,  at  his  theatre.  They  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  Edward  E.  Rice,  and  he  engaged  them  for  a  singing- 
specialty  in  his  production  of  "1492"  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  New  York,  in 
1894.  In  1895  the  sisters  appeared  with  Mr.  Rice's  "Little  Christopher"  company. 
also  at  the  Garden  Theatre.  They  made  up  as  street  waifs  and  sang  popular 
ballads  to  the  accompaniment  cf  their  own  banjos,  guitars  and  mandolins.  Miss 
Bessie  Abott,  however,  aspired  to  grand  opera,  and  in  May.  1897.  she  went  to  Paris 
to  study.  December.  1901,  she  made  her  delrat  on  the  operatic  stage  as  Juliet,  in 
"Romeo  and  Juliet."  Her  success  was  instantaneous.  For  several  seasons  after 
this  she  was  the  prima  donna  at  the  Grand  Opera,  Paris.  In  the  winter  of  1906  she 
returned  to  her  native  land  and  first  appeared  with  the  Xew  York  Symphony 
Orchestra  at  Carnegie  Hall.  Xew  York  City.  After  singing  at  several  concerts  she 
joined  the  Metropolitan  Opera  company. 


A  .RONS,  ALFRED  E.,  manager  and  composer,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
and  began  his  stage  work  as  call  boy  at  Fox's  Theatre  of  Varieties.,  now 
the  Chestnut  Street  Theatre,  in  that  city.     When  he  was  fifteen  years  old 
he  was  treasurer  of  the  theatre.     When  he  was  sixteen  he  established   a 
dramatic  and  vaudeville  agency  at  Xo.  806  Walnut  street,  which  was  successful  from 
the  first.     His  methods  attracted  the  attention  of  W.  C.  Gilmore.  manager  of  the 
Grand    Central   Theatre.   Philadelphia,   and   he  was   instrumental   in   getting   Mr. 

Aarons  to  New  York,  where  he  began  busi- 
ness in  the  Gilsey  Building.  Among  Mr. 
Aarons's  "discoveries''  at  this  time  was 
Bessie  Clayton,  now  Mrs.  Julian  Mitchell, 
whom  he  placed  with  Hoyt's  "A  Trip  to 
Chinatown"  company.  Soon  after  this  J.  M. 
Hill  gave  Mr.  Aarons  the  management  of 
the  Standard  Theatre,  New  York,  and  Albert 
Bial  intrusted  him  with  the  booking  of  all 
the  big  acts  at  the  Koster  &  Bial  Music  Hall. 
For  a  season  Mr.  Aarons  leased  Herrmann's 
Theatre  and  presented  vaudeville  there.  He 
also  leased  the  Bon  Ton  Theatre,  in  Jersey 
City,  and  for  a  time  was  manager  of  Oscar 
Hammerstein's  roof  garden,  over  his  Man- 
hattan Opera  House,  in  West  34th  street, 
New  York,  which  later  became  the  home  of 
Koster  &  Bial.  When  Hammerstein  built 
the  Victoria  he  engaged  Mr.  Aarons  to  repre- 
sent him.  in  Europe,  and  for  two  years  he  engaged  such  celebrities  as  Yvette  Guil- 
bert,  Cleo  de  M  erode  and  Fregoli  for  seasons  in  this  country.  His  success  was  such 
that  his  salary  rose  from  $150  a  week  to  $15,600  a  year.  At  about  this  time  Mr. 
Aarons  took  over  the  lease  of  Krause's  Music  Hall,  on  West  34th  street,  and  named 
it  the  Savoy  Theatre.  It  has  remained  one  of  New  York's  first-class  play  houses 
since  that  time.  He  produced  the  musical  play  "Mam'zelle  'Awkins,"  the  book  of 
which  was  written  by  Richard  Carle  and  the  music  by  Mr.  Aarons.  This  was  Mr. 


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Carle's  first  libretto.  In  this  play,  which  met  with  conspicuous  success,  Josephine 
Hall  was  featured.  Miss  Hall  is  now  Mrs.  Aarons.  At  the  zenith  of  his  career 
Mr.  Aarons's  health  broke  down,  and  for  about  five  years  he  was  forced  to  rest.  In 
May,  1906,  he  took  "The  Pink  Hussar,"  under  the  name  of  "His  Honor  the  Mayor." 
to  the  New  York  Theatre  and  made  a  successful  musical  comedy  out  of  what  had 
been  a  failure.  Mr.  Aarons's  office  address  is  No.  1402  Broadway,  New  York. 


DAMS,  MISS  SUZANNE  (MRS.  LEO  STERN),  prima  donna 
soprano,  was  born  at  Cambridge,  Mass.  Her  voice  gave  such  promise  that 
after  studying  with  Boston  and  New  York  teachers  she.  went,  in  1890,  to 
Paris,  determined  to  win  fame  on  the  grand  opera  stage.  M.  Jacques 
Bouhey  was  her  instructor  in  singing  and  M.  Plugrie  trained  her  in  acting.  She 
made  her  debut  in  January,  1894,  at  the  Grand  Opera,  Paris,  as  Juliet  in  "Borneo 
and  Juliet."  She  remained  at  the  Grand  Opera  for  the  next  three  years,  appearing 
as  Gilda  and  Marguerite  and  in  other  light  soprano  roles.  In  1879  she  sang  for,  two 
seasons  at  Nice,  where  she  was  heard  as  Marguerite  of  Navarre  in  "Les  Huguenots." 
In  1898  she  was  engaged  by  Maurice  Gran  and  sang  a  season  at  Covent  Garden, 
where  she  appeared  as  Juliet,  Marguerite,  Micaela,  Eurydice  and  Donna  Elvira  with 
much  success.  She  sang  at  the  first  state  concert  of  that  season  at  Buckingham 
Palace  and  with  Jean  and  Edouard  de  Keszke  at  a  private  concert  before  Queen 
Victoria  at  Windsor  Castle.  She  returned  to  her  native  land  with  Mr.  Grau  in 
1899  and  sang  with  his  company  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  until  he  re- 
linquished its  management  the  various  roles  in  which  she  had  achieved  success 
abroad.  She  left  the  company  when  Mr.  Conried  became  director  and  has  since 
been  singing  in  grand  opera  abroad.  Miss  Adams  was  married  to  Leo  Stern,  an 
English  'cellist,  in  London,  in  1898. 


AE,  GEORGE,  author  and  playwright,  was  born  February  9.  1866,  at 
Kentland,  Ind.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Indiana  and  was 
graduated  from  Purdue  University,  Lafayette,  Ind.,  in  1887,  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  He  engaged  in  newspaper  work,  first  at 
Lafayette  and  later  for  ten  years  (from  1890  to  1900)  in  Chicago  as  a  special 
writer  on  "The  Daily  News"  and  "The  Record"  (now  "The  Record-Herald").  His 
first  book,  "Artie,"  a  collection  of  sketches  in  the  Western  vernacular,  appeared  in 
1896,  and  was  followed  in  the  succeeding  ten  years  by  several  others.  From 
1896  to  1898  he  was  dramatic  editor  of  "The  Chicago  Record."  His  first  nl»" 
was  "The  Sultan  of  Sulu,"  for  which  the  music  was  written  by  Alfred  G.  Wathall, 
of  Chicago.  It  was  first  produced  March  11,  1902,  at  the  Studebaker  Theatre, 
Chicago.  It  ran  for  twenty-six  weeks  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York  City. 
"Peggy  from  Paris,"  his  second  play,  also  musical,  was  produced  at  the  Stude- 
baker Theatre.  Chicago,  January  24,  1903.  The  music  was  by  William  Loraine 
This  ran  sixteen  weeks  in  Chicago,  fifteen  in  Boston  and  eleven  in  New  York 
City.  "The  County  Chairman,"  a  political  comedy  drama  in  four  acts,  produced 
by  "Henry  W.  Savage  at  South  Bend.  Ind.,  in  September,  1903,  followed.  This 
proved  the  most  successful  of  Mr.  Ade's  plays,  and  revealed  him  at  his  best.  After 
a  ten  weeks'  season  in  Chicago  "The  County  Chairman"  was  sent  to  Wallack's 
Theatre,  New  York  City,  in  November,  1903,  where  it  remained  until  the  following 
October.  Since  September,  1904,  it  has  been  played  each  season  by  two  companies. 
"The  Sho-Gun."  a  comic  opera,  with  music  by  Gustav  Luders.  was  Mr.  Ade's 
next  production.  It  was  produced  at  Milwaukee  in  April.  1904.  by  Henry  W. 

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Savage.  "The  College  Widow,"  Mr.  Acle's  next  comedy,  was  produced  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  by  Henry  W.  Savage  in  September.  1904,  and  opened  a  week  later 
at  the  Garden  Theatre,  Xew  York,  where  it  ran  thirty-eight  weeks.  "The  Bad 
Samaritan,"  another  comedy,  produced  at  Washington.  D.  C..  September  5,  1905. 
was  withdrawn  as  a  failure.  Mr.  Ade's  last  play,  "Just  Out  of  College,"  a  three 
act  farce,  opened  at  Xew  Haven,  Conn..  October  1,  1905. 

Mr.  Ade  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs.    When  in  Xew  York  he  lives  at  the  Hollanc 
House.    His  summer  home  is  Haze  Id  en  Farm,  Brook.  Ind. 

V  ALBAUGHr  JOHN  W.,  actor  and  manager,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md.. 
/^      September  30,  1837,  being  the  son  of  John  W.  and  Elizabeth    (Peters) 
±    ^     Alba  ugh.     He  made  his  first  stage  appearance  February  1,   1855.  at  the 
Baltimore  Museum  as  Brutus,  in  "Brutus;  or,  The  Fall  of  Tarquin."     His 
first  regular  engagement  followed,  it  being  at  the  Holliday  Street  Theatre,  Balti- 
more, under  the  management  of  John  T.  Ford.     In  1859  he  became  leading  man 
and  manager  of  the  stock  company  at  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  Albany.  X.  Y.     He  made 
his  first  appearance  in  Xew  York  City  in  1865  in  support  of  Charles  Kean  at  the 
Broadway  Theatre.     In  1866  he  married  Miss  Mary  Mitchell,  a  sister  of  Maggie 
Mitchell,   the  actress,   and   starred   for  a  season. 

He  became  manager  of  the  Olympic  Theatre.  St.  Louis,  in  1868.  and  of  the 
Trimble  Opera  House,  Albany,  in  1870.  He  was  a  partner  of  Ben  de  Bar  in  the 
management  of  the  St.  Charles  Theatre,  Xew  Orleans,  in  1870;  manager  of  the 
Leland  Opera  House.  Albany,  1873-'81,  and  manager  of  the  Holliday  Street 
Theatre.  Baltimore,  1878-'91.  He  was  also  sole  proprietor  of  the  Xew  Lyceum,  Bal- 
timore, which  he  built  in  1890. %/ In  1878  he  played  a  star  engagement  under  Edgar 
&  Fulton  in  Daly's  Theatre,  Xew  York,  appearing  as  Louis  XL  Mr.  Albaugh 
built  in  1895  and  for  three  years  managed  the  Lafayette  Square  Opera  House. 
Washington,  D.  C.,  and  was  sole  lessee  and  manager  of  Albaugh's  Grand  Opera 
House,  Washington,  D.  C.,  from  1884  to  1894.  His  last  appearance  on  the  stage 
was  as  Shylock,  at  the  Lyceum.  Baltimore,  in  December.  1899.  His  home  is  at 
Long  Branch,  X.  J 

/ALBAUGH,  JOHN  W.,  JR.,  actor  and  manager,  was  born  in  Xew  York 
f\  City  in  1867,  being  the  son  of  Mary  Mitchell  and  John  W.  Albaugh.  He 

^/  ^  made  his  first  stage  appearance  in  May,  1877,  when  he  was  ten  years  old, 
at  the  Leland  Opera  House,  Albany,  X.  Y.,  his  performance  consisting 
of  a  hornpipe,  danced  between  acts.  In  the  same  year  Mr.  Albaugh  played  child 
roles  in  "William  Tell,"  "Xick  o'  the  Woods"  and  "Black-Eyed  Susan."  He 
then  went  to  school,  and  after  completing  his.  education  at  college  joined 
Lawrence  Barrett's  company,  with  which  he  remained  three  seasons.  In  1887 
he  went  to  Baltimore  and  became  manager  of  the  Lyceum  Theatre.  He  remained  in 
that  capacity  for  nearly  thirteen  years,  for  three  years  conducting  a  stock  company  in 
which  he  was  manager,  stage  manager  and  leading  juvenile.  In  1900  he  gave  up 
the  managerial  end  of  the  theatre  to  devote  himself  entirely  to  acting.  One  of  his 
most  successful  roles  since  then  has  been  as  Frank  Austin,  in  "Colorado."  He  has 
also  played  such  characters  as  Pierre,  in  "The  Two  Orphans,"  Lord  Chumley  and 
Little  Billee,  in  "Trilby."  In  1888  he  married  Miss  Marie  Castner,  of  Brooklyn. 
N.  Y..  a  stepdaughter  of  Andrew  Dougherty,  the  playing  card  manufacturer. 


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MISS     VIOLA     ALLEN. 

(Photograph  by  Sarony.) 


A^LEN,  MISS  VIOLA  (MRS.  PETER  DURYEA),  actress,  was  born 
in  Huntsville,  Ala.,  in  October,  1809.  She  inherited  her  histrionic 
talents  from  her  father,  C.  Leslie  Allen,  who,  in  association  with  such 
players  as  Edwin  Forrest,  E.  L.  Davenport,  Wilkes  Booth,  Edwin  Booth, 
Madam  Modjeska  and  others,  has  held  a  prominent  place  on  the  American  stage 
for  over  fifty  years.  Her  great-great-grandfather  on  her  father's  side.  Colonel 
William  Burbeck,  was  a  Eevolutionary  hero,  a  personal  friend  of  General  Washing- 
ton and  at  one  time  commandant  of  Castle  William,  in  Boston  Harbor.  Her  great- 
grandfather, Major  General  Henry  Burbeck.  rendered  valuable  services  during  the 
War  of  1812.  Her  mother,  Sarah  Lyon,  is  a  descendant  of  Captain  George  Francis 
Lyon,  of  the  English  Navy,  who  commanded  one  of  the  ships  sent  out  by  the  British 
Government  in  search  of  Sir  John  Franklin.  Miss  Allen  was  educated  in  the 
schools  of  Boston,  at  Wyckham  Hall,  in  Toronto,  and  finally  at  a  fashionable  board- 
ing school  in  New  York  City.  Although  it  was  not  the  purpose  of  her  parents  that 
she  should  adopt  the  stage  as  a  profession,  she  had  early  been  schooled  by  her  father 
in  the  reading  of  Shakespearian  verse.  When  she  was  fifteen  years  old  her 
debut  came  about  unexpectedly.  Miss  Allen's  father  was  appearing  in  "Esmeralda," 
with  Miss  Annie  Russell  in  the  title  role,  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre.  Owing 
to  illness,  Miss  Russell  left  the  cast,  and  William  Seymour,  the  stage  manager,  sug- 
gested that  Miss  Viola  Allen  should  be  able  to  fill  the  role.  That  his  judgment  was 
sound  was  proved  at  her  debut.  While  appearing  as  Esmeralda  Miss  Allen  attracted 
the  attention  of  John  McCullough,  who  engaged  her  for  such  roles  as  Virginia,  in 
"Virginius";  Desdemona,  in  "Othello";  Parthenia,  in  "Ingomar,"  and  Julia,  in  "The 
Gladiator."  Miss  Allen's  success  for  one  so  young  excited  popular  admiration.  Her 
next  engagement  was  with  Tommaso  Salvini,  with  whom  she  played  most  of  the 
Shakespearian  and  other  classic  heroines,  including  Desdemona,  Cordelia,  Juliet  and 
the  wife  in  "La  Morte  Civile."  Later  she  was  selected  by  Lawrence  Barrett  as  the 
most  fitting  actress  for  the  role  of  Mildred  for  his  production  of  Browning's  "Blot  in 
the  'Scutcheon."  Then  followed  an  engagement  as  leading  lady  at  the  Boston  Mu- 
seum, where  she  created  the  parts  in  America  of  Mrs.  Errol.  in  "Little  Lord  Faunt- 
leroy,"  and  Gertrude  Ellingham,  in  Bronson  Howard's  "Shenandoah."  At  this  time. 
too,  she  played  in  "Sweet  Lavender"  and  in  a  revival  of  old  comedies  and  other  plays. 
For  the  joint  starring  tour  of  Joseph  Jefferson  and  William  Florence  in  "The 
Rivals"  and  "The  Heir  at  Law,"  Miss  Allen  was  engaged  for  the  roles  of  Lydia 
Languish  and  Cicely  Homespun,  appearing  with  marked  success  in  each  role.  In 
1892  she  appeared  with  a  special  company  in  Bronson  Howard's  "Aristocracy,"  and 
the  following  season  became  leading  lady  of  the  Empire  Theatre  company,  New 
York  City,  where  she  was  especially  successful  in  "Liberty  Hall,"  "The  Mas- 
queraders,"  "Sowing  the  Wind,"  "The  Conquerors"  and  "Under  the  Red  Robe."  In 
1898  Miss  Allen  withdrew  from  the  Empire  company  to  star  as  Glory  Quayle,  in 
"The  Christian,"  by  Hall  Caine,  in  which  she  was  enormously  successful  under  the 
management  of  Liebler  &  Co.  This  success  was  paralleled  in  1900  by  her  Dolores, 
in  "In  the  Palace  of  the  King."  In  1900  also  Miss  Allen  appeared  for  a  few  special 
performances  as  Julia,  in  "The  Hunchback."  Then  followed  Hall  Caine's  "The 
Eternal  City,"  in  which  Miss  Allen  appeared  as  Roma.  Under  the  management  of 
her  brother,  C.  W.  Allen,  a  series  of  Shakespearian  revivals  was  projected  by  Miss 
Allen  in  1903,  beginning  with  "Twelfth  Night,"  in  which  she  was  seen  as  Viola, 
and  this  was  followed  the  next  season  by  an  elaborate  presentation  of  "The  Winter's 
Tale,"  in  which  she  assumed  the  roles  of  Hermione  and  Perdita.  The  series  was 
interrupted  in  1905  by  Clyde  Fitch's  play  "The  Toast  of  the  Town."  Miss  Allen 
was  married  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  on  August  16,  1905,  to  Peter  E.  C.  Duryea,  of 
Lexington,  Ky.,  and  New  York.  Her  residence  is  No.  46  West  Forty-sixth  street. 

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A~  LEN,  CHARLES  LESLIE,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1830. 
His  father  was  Samuel  Alfred  Allen,  who  held  a  government  position  in 
Washington,   D.    C..   and   Boston,   Mass.,   and   his   mother   Abigail    Gates 
Burbeck.     As  a  member  of  the  Aurora   Dramatic   Club,  of  Boston,  and 
before  he  was  twenty-one,  Mr.   Allen   played   many   important   parts,   and   as  an 
amateur  he  spoke  the  last  words  on  the  stagj  of  Old  Drury,  as  the  Federal  Street 
Theatre,  of  Boston,  was  last  called,  they  being  at  the  end  of  "A  Nabob  for  an  Hour," 
in  which  he  enacted  Sam  Hobbs.     This  was  in  May,  1852.  at  a  benefit  given  for  the 
members  of  the  National  Theatre  company,  of  Boston.     At  the  age  of  twenty-one 
Mr.  Allen  adopted  the  stage  as  a  profession,  naking  his  first  appearance  at  Troy. 
N.  Y.,  in  1852,  as  a  servant  in  "Simpson  &  Co.,''  under  the  management  of  George 
C.  Howard.     His  progress  was  rapid,  and  he  was  soon  put  into  second  comedy  and 

second  old  men  parts.  His  character  deline- 
ations attracted  the  attention  of  Edmon  S. 
Conner,  who  engaged  him  in  1853  for  the 
Green  Street  Theatre,  Albany.  Here  he 
first  enacted  Bailie  Nicol  Jarvie,  in  "Rob 
Roy."  After  playing  such  roles  as  Mon- 
sieur Tourbillon.  in  "Pet  of  the  Petticoats/' 
with  Miss  Maggie  Mitchell,  and  Peter,  in 
"The  Octoroon,"  with  Miss  Kimberly,  he 
went  to  the  Boston  Theatre,  where  he  re- 
mained many  years  as  the  principal  old  man 
and  character  actor  in  the  stock  company, 
supporting  Edwin  Booth,  Forrest,  Jefferson 
and  the  stars' of  the  70's  and  80's.  He.  was 
the  original  Derrick  there  in  "Rip  Van 
Winkle,"  and  was  the  creator  of  the  Judge, 
in  "Kit,  the  Arkansaw  Traveller." 

Mr.   Allen   was   in   the  company   of   the 
National    Theatre,    Washington,    D.    C.,    in 

the  seasons  of  1864,  1865  and  1866,  being  the  original  Burleigh  in  Mrs.  Lander's 
"Elizabeth,"  Moneypenny  in  "The  Long  Strike,"  and  Old  Eccles  in  "Caste."  Here 
he  also  played  Polonius  to  Edwin  Forrest's  Hamlet,  and  Kent,  in  "King  Lear." 

His  first  pronounced  success  in  New  York  was  as  Old  Rogers,  in  "Esmeralda,"  at 
the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  when  his  daughter,  Miss  Viola  Allen,  made  her  initial 
appearance  in  the  title  role. 

Mr.  Allen  was  for  four  seasons  in  the  support  of  John  Drew,  and  has  also  played 
Sir  Toby  Belch  with  Modjeska  and  Miss  Marlowe.  Of  late  years  he  has  been  promi- 
nent in  his  daughter's  company. 


ADERSON,  MISS  MARY  (MRS.  ANTONIO  F.  DE  NAVARRO), 
actress,    was   born   in   Sacramento,    Cal.,   July   28,    1859.     The   following 
spring  her  parents  moved  to  Louisville.  Ky.,  and  her  father  joined  the 
Confederate  Army.     He  died  at  Mobile,  Ala.,  in  1863,  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
nine,  when  Mary  was  only  four  years  old.     Besides  the  girl,  he  left  one  son,  Joseph 
Anderson,  six  years  her  senior.     When  Mary  was  eight  years  old  her  mother  married 
Dr.  Hamilton  Griffin,  of  Louisville,  who  had  been  a  Confederate  Army  surgeon. 
The  girl  was  educated  at  the  Ursuline  Convent  and  the  Academy  of  the  Presenta- 
tion,   at    Louisville.     Her    stepfather,    who    was    a    Shakespearian    student,    fos- 
tered her  natural  histrionic  ambition,  and  at  the  age  of  ten  Mary  began  to  react 

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Shakespeare.  She  was  taken  to  see  Edwin  Booth  act,  and  when  only  just  in  her 
teens  announced  her  determination  to  become  an  actress.  To  encourage  her  talent 
Dr.  Griffin  let  her  give  recitals  at  his  home  and  obtained  for  her  instruction  from 
Charlotte  Cushman.  Father  Anthony  Miller,  a  Franciscan  priest,  taught  her  elo- 
cution, and  she  had  ten  lessons  from  Yandenhoff.  the  public  reader,  to  fit  her  for  a 
stage  career. 

Miss  Anderson's  first  public  appearance  was  as  Juliet,  at  the  Louisville  Theatre. 
in  November,  1875,  at  a  trial  matinee.  She  was  then  only  sixteen  years  old.  but 
her  performance  attracted  much '  attention.  In  January.  1876,  she  appeared  for 
.1  week  at  the  Louisville  Theatre,  supported  by  Macauley's  stock  company,  playing 
Evadne,  Juliet  and  in  "The  Hunchback/'  Engagements  with  stock  companies  in 
St.  Louis  and  other  cities  followed.  Then  John  McCullough  gave  her  leading  parts 
in  San  Francisco  and  she  made  a  tour  of  the  South  under  the  management  of  John 
T.  Ford,  of  Baltimore.  In  the  fall  of  18T6  she  first  appeared  at  the  head  of  her 
own  company. 

She  made  her  debut  in  Xew  York  on  November  12,  18TT,  at  the  Fifth  Avenui 
Theatre,  and  played  Parthenia,  Juliet,  Evadne,  Meg  Merrilies  and  Bianca.  Shf 
was  then  eighteen  years  old.  The  following  year  she  played  another  season  at  thf 
Fifth  Avenue,  after  which  she  made  her  first  trip  to  Europe,  her  chief  desire 
being  to  visit  Stratford-on-Avon  and  Verona.  She  played  Galatea,  one  of  her 
favorite  parts,  for  the  first  time  in  Troy,  X.  Y.,  September  26,  1881,  and  the  next 
year  was  at  Booth's  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

In  1883  Miss  Anderson  went  abroad,  and  on  September  18  made  her  first  stage 
appearance  in  England  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London,  as  Parthenia.  She  played 
a  continuous  season  of  ten  months,  and  her  success,  both  professionally  and  socially, 
was  unprecedented.  She  did  not  again  play  in  her  native  country  until  1888,  when 
she  produced,  in  Xovember,  "A  Winter's  Tale,"  at  Palmer's  Theatre,  Xew  York. 
She  previously  played  it  one  hundred  consecutive  nights  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre. 
London.  Miss  Anderson  suffered  a  severe  illness  in  March,  1899,  and  was 
compelled  to  cancel  all  her  American  engagements  and  disband  her  company.  In 
April  she  sailed  for  Europe,  being  ordered  to  take  a  prolonged  rest.  She  then 
abandoned  the  stage  and  has  resisted  every  inducement  to  return.  Miss  Anderson 
was  married  to  Antonio  F.  de  Xavarro  at  St.  Mary's  Chapel,  Holly  Place,  Hemp- 
stead,  England,  June  17,  1890.  She  has  two  sons.  Her  home  is  at  Court  Farm, 
Broadway,  Warwickshire,  England. 


A  GUN,  MISS   MARGARET,  actress,  was  born  in  Ottawa.  Canada,  in 
1876,  her  father  being  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Commons  at  the  time  and 
her  birth  occurring  in  the  Speaker's  Chamber  of  the  House  of  Parliament. 
She  was  educated  in  a  French  convent  school,  and,  having  met  with  suc- 
cess as  an  amateur  reader,  when  she  was  seventeen  years  old,  against  the  wishes  of 
her  parents,  she  went  to  Xew  York  City  and  entered  Xelson  Wheatcroft's  Dramatic 
School,  being  one  of  the  first  pupils.     Charles  Frohman  had  promised  that  he  would 
engage  for  the  Empire  Theatre  stock  company  the  four  pupils  who  acquitted  them- 
selves most  creditably  at  the  public  performance  of  the  school,  and  Miss  Anglin 
determined  to  be  cne  of  the  four.     Her  acting,  when  the  time  came,  so  pleased  Mr. 
Frohman  that  he  at  once  engaged  her  for  the  part  of  Madeline  West  in  "Shenan- 
doah,"  in  which  she  made  her  first  professional  appearance,  at  the  Academy  of  Music, 
Xew  York,  in  the  fall  of  1894.     After  a  year  on  the  road  Miss  Anglin  became  a 
member  of  James  O'Xeill's  company,  1896-'97,  playing  Ophelia,  in  "Hamlet";  Vir- 
ginia, in  "Yirginius";  Julie  de  Mortemar,  in  "Kichelieu,"  and  Mercedes,  in  "Monte 

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Cristo."  The  following  season  she  played  the  part  of  Meg,  in  "Lord  Chumley/' 
with  E.  H.  Sothem,  and  organized  a  company  for  a  tour  of  Lower  Canada,  playing 
Rosalind,  in  "As  You  Like  It,"  and  in  ''Christopher,  Jr.,"  and  "The  Mysterious  Mr. 
Bugle."  In  the  fall  of  1898  Miss  Anglin  was  engaged  by  Richard  Mansfield  as  his 
leading  woman  in  his  production  of  "Cyrano  de  Bergerac."  Her  playing  of  Roxane 
established  her  as  one  of  the  foremost  emotional  actresses  of  the  day,  and  Charles 
Frohman  at  once  engaged  her  as  leading  woman  of  the  Empire  Theatre  stock  com- 
pany, New  York.  In  that  company  the  leading  roles  in  "Mrs.  Dane's  Defence," 
"Brother  Officers,"  "Lady  Ursula,"  "The  Liars,"  "Lord  and  Lady  Algy"  and 
Ophelia,  in  "Hamlet,"  served  to  win  further  laurels  for  her.  For  four  seasons  she 
played  in  San  Francisco  with  Mr.  Miller's  stock  company. 

The  season  of  1905-'06  Miss  Anglin  was  starred  under  the  management  of  the 
Shuberts  in  a  dramatization  of  Wilkie  Collins's  "The  New  Magdalen"  called 
"Zira,"  which  ran  at  the  Princess  Theatre,  Xew  York  City,  from  September  to  the 
middle  of  January,  and  in  Boston  until  June. 


A  BUCKLE,  AIACLYN,  actor,  was  born  in  Texas  in  1867.     He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Bowie  County  when  he  was  twenty  years  old,  and 
on  account  of  his  minority  he  had  to  take  an  examination  in  open  court, 
which  he  passed.     Finding  the  practice  of  law  unprofitable,  Mr.  Arbuckle 
spent  his  time,  while  waiting  for  clients  who  rarely  came,  in  the  study  of  Shake- 
speare.    His  first  appearance  on  the  stage,  however,  was  in  a  German  dialect  part 
with  Peter  Baker  at  a  Christmas  matinee,  in  Shreveport,  La.,  in  1888.     He  there 
made  his   first,   and  probably  his  last,   conspicuous   failure.     Mr.   Arbuckle  then 
played  heavy  parts  with  R.  D.  Mac  Lean  and  Marie  Prescott  for  three  seasons,  and 
then,   accepting  an   offer   from   Charles   Frohman,   appeared   in   "The  Man   from 
Mexico"  and  several  other  productions.     A  period  with  T.  Daniel  Frawley's  stock 
company  in  San  Francisco  followed,  Mr.  Arbuckle  making  pronounced  successes 
as  Zouroff,  in  "Moths" ;  Jack  Dudley,  in  "The  Ensign,"  and  the  title  part  in  "The 
Senator." 

Mr.  Arbuckle  appeared  as  a  star  at  the  head  of  his  own  company  in  the  season 
of  1900-'01  in  a  dramatization  of  Molly  Elliot  SeawelFs  story,  "The  Sprightly 
Romance  of  Marsac,"  produced  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  the  same  season  he 
appeared  in  "Under  Two  Flags."  When  Nat  Goodwin  produced  "The  Merchant  of 
Venice"  in  the  spring  of  1901  Mr.  Arbuckle  was  the  Antonio. 


A  RDEN,  EDWIN  HUNTER  PENDLETON,  actor  and  playwright,  was 
/^  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  on  February  13,  1864.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
_/  %.  lie  schools  there  until  he  was  sixteen  years  old,  when,  stirred  by  a  longing  for 
adventure,  he  went  to  the  West.  He  found  the  excitement  he  sought,  for  he 
was  by  turns  cowboy,  clerk,  politician,  newspaper  reporter  and  theatrical  manager. 
The  last  venture  struck  a  responsive  chord,  and  the  footlights  soon  lured  him  from 
the  box  office.  His  first  appearance  as  an  actor  was  made  in  Chicago  in  1882  in  a 
minor  part  with  the  Thomas  W.  Keene  company.  He  played  in  stock  until  1885, 
part  of  the  time  with  the  Boston  Museum  company,  and  with  the  Madison  Square 
Theatre  company,  New  York.  While  acting  he  had  tried  his  hand  at  play  writing, 
and  in  1886  he  began  starring  in  melodramas  of  which  he  was  the  part  or  sole 
author.  "Eagle's  Nest,"  "Barred  Out"  and  "Raglan's  Way"  were  among  the  most 
successful  of  these.  In  1895  he  was  a  member  of  William  H.  Crane's  company, 
and  in  1896  he  created  the  part  of  Mason  Hix,  in  "The  Governor  of  Kentucky." 

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He  played  Oliver  West,  in  the  original  production  of  "Because  She  Loved  Him 
So,"  on  October  28,  1898,  at  New  Haven,  Conn.,  and  in  August,  1899,  returned 
to  starring  in  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  in  a  melodrama  called  "Zorah."  His  next  im- 
portant engagement  was  with  Maude  Adams  in  Charles  Frohman's  production  of 
"L'Aiglon,"  in  which  he  played  Metternich  and  won  the  commendation  of  the  critics. 
On  June  24,  1906,  he  opened  as  a  star  at  Power's  Theatre,  Chicago,  in  the  drama, 
"Told  in  the  Hills,"  then  produced  for  the  first  time,  which  proved  a  success.  He 
is  a  member  of  The  Lambs,  New  York. 


ATER,  MISS  LOTTIE,  actress,  the  daughter  of  Frederick  Pernal  Alter, 
was  born  in  La  Crosse,  Wis.     She  was  educated  at  St.  Mary's  Institute, 
Milwaukee,    and    afterward    studied    at   the    Chicago    Conservatory.      She 
made  her  first   appearance   in   a   juvenile   opera  company   at   Langham's 
Opera  House,  Englewood,  111.,  April,  1886,  playing  Yum- Yum,  in  "The  Mikado," 
to  the  Nanki-Poo  of  Miss  Virginia  Earle.     Her  expressed  determination  to  follow  a 
stage  career  caused  her  parents,  who  did  not  look  upon  the  idea  with  favor,  to  send 
her  to  a  convent  for  another  year.     While  at  the  Chicago  Conservatory  Miss  Alter 
had  appeared  as  an  "extra  lady"  in  many  of  the  Booth,  Barrett,  Modjeska  and 
Robson  and  Crane  productions,  and  on  leaving  the  convent,  in  1888,  she  obtained 
her  first  professional  engagement,  appearing  with  Miss  Vernona  Jarbeau  iu  "Star- 
light" on  August  18,  1888,  in  Minneapolis.     The  next  two  years  she  played  Jennie 

Wilson,  the  waif,  in  "Lost  in  New  York," 
under  the  management  of  Miles  &  Barton. 
Beginning  October  22,  1891.  Miss  Alter 
played  Savilla,  in  Klaw  &  Erlanger's  first 
production  of  "The  Country  Circus,"  at  the 
Academy  of  Music,  New  York  City,  and 
remained  with  the  organization  two  years. 
In  1903  she  played  Wilbur's  Ann  at  the 
Schiller  Theatre, '  Chicago,  in  "The  Girl  I 
Left  Behind  Me."  Then  with  Charles  Froh- 
man's Empire  company  she  played  in  "Poor 
Girls"  and  "The  Rival  Candidates."  For 
two  years,  1895-'96,  Miss  Alter  was  leading 
lady  with  the  late  Joseph  Jefferson,  playing 
Dot,  in  "The  Cricket  on  the  Hearth,"  and 
Meenie,  in  "Rip  Van  Winkle."  She  was  also 
the  Flora  Campbell  in  the  first  production  of 
"The  Bonnie  Brier  Bush"  in  Chicago.  Miss 
Alter  has  also  played  in  "Red,  White  and 

Blue"  under  the  Savage  management,  and  with  Rose  Coghlan  in  a  vaudeville  sketch. 
She  was  leading  woman  with  the  late  Roland  Reed  for  two  seasons.  Other  engage- 
ments were  in  "Hearts  Are  Trumps,"  "To  Have  and  to  Hold,"  a  year  with  Miss 
Henrietta  Crosman  as  Mollie,  in  "Mistress  Nell,"  and  Audrey,  in  "As  You  Like  It/' 
at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  New  York  City,  in  February,  1902.  Then  followed  two 
seasons  with  Ezra  Kendall  in  "The  Vinegar  Buyer."  In  the  spring  of  1906  she 
played  Ella  Delahay  in  the  revival  of  "Charley's  Aunt"  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre, 
New  York. 

Miss  Alter's  home  is  at  No.  257  West  End  avenue,  New  York  City. 


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RMSTRONG,  SYDNEY  (MRS.  \Y.  G.  SMYTH),  actress,  was  born 
in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  where  her  father,  A.  T.  Wells,  hefore  the  Civil  War, 
was  one  of  the  leading  dry  goods  merchants  of  the  South.  He  lost  his 
wealth  in  that  struggle  and  went  West,  where  he  amassed  another  fortune 
only  to  lose  it.  His  daughter  had  heen  so  successful  in  amateur  theatricals  that 
when  it  became  necessary  for  her  to  provide  for  herself  she  turned  to  the  stage.  She 
began  at  the  bottom  of  the  ladder  in  a  stock  company  in  Illinois,  her  first  part 
being  Esther  Eccles,  in  "Caste."  Her  next  engagement  was  with  the  stock  com- 
pany at  the  Front  Street  Theatre,  Baltimore,  where  she  played  roles  that  ranged 
from  Lady  Gay  Spanker  to  Iphigenia.  At  this  time  she  attracted  the  attention  of 
Dion  Boucicault,  who  engaged  her  to  play  Arte  O'Neil  in  "The  Shaughraun."  This 
was  followed  by  her  appearance  in  dual  roles  in  "Hoodman  Blind,"  and  the  leading 
roles  in  "The  Still  Alarm"  and  "The  Burglar."  She  then  joined  Charles  Frohman's 
forces  and  became  the  leading  lady  in  his  stock  company,  playing  the  leading  roles 
in  "Men  and  Women"  and  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me."  In  1893  she  became  the 
leading  lady  of  the  Empire  Theatre  stock  company,  where  one  of  her  chief  suc- 
cesses was  the  leading  role  in  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me."  On  April  19,  1897, 
she  was  married  to  W.  G.  Smyth,  then  manager  of  the  William  Collier  and  other 
companies.  After  her  marriage  she  retired  from  the  stage.  Her  home  is  No.  240 
West  49th  street,  Xew  York  City. 


ATHUR,  MISS  JULIA   (MRS.  BENJAMIN  P.  CHENEY,  JR.), 
actress,  was  born  in  Hamilton.  Ontario,  Canada,  May  3,  1809,  and  was 
christened  Ida  Lewis.     Her  father  was  Thomas  J.   Lewis.     Her  mother 
was  an  accomplished  Shakespearian  reader,  and  Ida  Lewis,  at  the  age  ol 
eleven,  played  Zamora,  in  "The  Honeymoon,"  in  private  theatricals  at  her  father's 
home.     She  made  her  first  professional  appearance,  under  the  name  of  Julia  Arthur, 
in   1881,  with  the  Daniel  Bandmann  Shakespeare  repertoire  company,  and  a  year 
later,   when   only  thirteen  years   old,   she   was   a   leading   woman,   playing  Juliet. 
Portia,  Ophelia,  and  Lady  Anne,  in  "Richard  III."     After  three  years'  hard  work 
with  the  Bandmann  company  Miss  Arthur  went  to  Germany  for  a  year's  study. 
Then  she  joined  a  repertoire  company  in  California  and  played  leading  parts  in 
"Jim  the  Penman,"  "Captain  Swift,"  "The  Colleen  Bawn,"  "Arrah-na-Pogue,"  "The 
Silver  King,"  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin,"  "The  Still  Alarm,"  "Peril."  "Divorce"  and  "The 
Private  Secretary." 

Miss  Arthur  made  her  first  marked  success  as  the  Queen,  in  "The  Black  Masque," 
in  New  York  in  February,  1892.  The  opening  night  made  her  famous,  and  a  few 
weeks  later  she  was  engaged  as  leading  woman  with  A.  M.  Palmer's  stock  company, 
remaining  with  the  organization  for  one  year  and  playing  Jeanne,  in  "The  Broken 
Seal" ;  Letty  Fletcher,  in  "Saints  and  Sinners" ;  Lady  Windermere,  in  "Lady  Wind- 
dermere's  Fan,"  and  acting  in  "Mercedes,"  a  short  play  by  Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich. 
In  1893  Miss  Arthur  became  a  member  of  the  late  Sir  Henry  Irving's  company 
as  leading  woman  next  to  Miss  Ellen  Terry,  and  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London,  she 
played  Elaine,  in  "King  Arthur";  Sophia,  in  "Olivia";  Rosamond,  in  "Becket,"  and 
Imogene,  in  "Cymbeline."  which  was  called  her  best  role.  She  returned  to  America 
with  the  Irving  company  in  1896,  but  organized  her  own  company  on  October  14 
of  that  year  and  produced  a  dramatization  of  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett's  novel, 
"A  Lady  of  Quality,"  taking  the  part  of  Clorinda  Williams.  She  appeared  as  Par- 
thenia,  in  her  own  production  of  "Ingomar,"  October  2,  1898,  and  produced  "As 
You  Like  It"  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York,  on  November  28  of  the  same  year. 
Miss  Arthur  was  married  to  Mr.  Cheney  in  February,  1898. 

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A"  ONSON,.  RUDOLPH,  manager  and  composer,  began  his  theatrical  career 
as  manager  of  the  Metropolitan  Concert  Hall,  New  York,  which  was  on 
the  site  of  the  present  Broadway  Theatre.     After  successfully  catering  to 
the  amusement  loving  public  there  for  several  years,  he  originated  and 
built  the  Casino  Theatre,  39th  street  and  Broadway,  New  York,  and  became  its 
first  manager.     It  was  this  enterprise  which  brought  him  prominently  to  the  atten- 
tion of  the  public  and  the  theatrical  world  as  a  manager  and  producer  of  musical 

entertainments.  On  this  theatre  he  operated 
the  first  roof  garden  in  America,  and  he  may 
justly  be  regarded  as  the  originator  of  that 
popular  summer  institution  in  this  country. 
Under  Mr.  Aronson's  management  the  Ca- 
sino became  the  recognized  home  of  light  and 
comic  opera  in  New  York  and  the  incubator 
of  such  entertainments  in  America.  It  was 
there,  under  his  management,  that  the  first 
Air.oriean  production  of  "Eriuinie"  was 
made  and  the  record  run  for  such  entertain- 
ments established.  Under  Mr.  Aronson's 
management  such  stars  as  Lillian  Russell, 
Francis  Wilson,  De  Wolf  Hopper  and  Jeffer- 
son de  Angelis  first  attained  popularity. 

Mr.  Aronson  has  composed  many  popular 
songs  and  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty 
pieces  for  the  orchestra.     Of  late  years  he 
has  spent  much  of  his  time  in  Europe,  en- 
gaged in  booking  musical  stars  for  this  country.     His  home  is  No.  227  Riverside 
and  proprietor  of  the  Hotel  Metropole,  New  York,  on  September  30,  1906. 

ASHLEY,  MISS  MINNIE  (MRS.  WILLIAM  ASTOR  CHANLER), 

/%  singer  and  dancer,  was  born  in  Fall  River,  Mass..  in  1875.  the  name 
/~^_  of  her  parents  being  Whitehead.  Her  father  and  mother  separated, 
and  her  mother,  going  to  Boston,  took  her  daughter  with  her.  There 
Mrs.  Whitehead  became  Mrs.  Ashley,  and  her  daughter  took  the  same  name.  While 
she  was  a  Boston  schoolgirl  Miss  Ashley  made  her  first  public  appearance  as  an 
entertainer  at  a  Washington's  Birthday  children's  festival  in  the  old  Music  Hall. 
She  became  solo  dancer  at  these  festivals,  which  were  yearly  affairs,  and  was  taken 
in  hand  by  a  teacher  of  dancing,  who  was  attracted  by  her  natural  grace  and 
ability.  With  this  teacher  Miss  Ashley  danced  for  the  entertainment  of  guests  at 
summer  resorts  in  the  White  Mountains  until  she  decided  to  become  a  professional 
stage  dancer.  Her  first  engagement  was  in  Boston,  in  1894,  in  the  chorus  of 
Edward  E.  Rice's  production  of  "1492."  In  1895  she  made  her  first  Broadway 
appearance  in  Rice's  production  of  "Little  Christopher,"  still  being  in  the  chorus. 
In  1896,  while  in  the  chorus,  she  understudied  the  part  of  Miss  Edna  Wallace 
Hopper  in  "El  Capitan."  Her  first  engagement  outside  the  chorus  was  in  a  musical 
comedy,  "The  Chorus  Girl,"  in  1898.  Her  personal  success  in  this  was  so  marked 
that  she  was  engaged  in  1899  by  J.  C.  Duff  to  play  Mollie  Seamore,  in  "The  Geisha," 
and  Dolly  Wemyss,  in  "The  Circus  Girl."  In  1899  she  played  Gwendolyn,  in 
"Prince  Pro  Tern.,"  and  in  the  same  year  captured  New  York  City  in  the  role  of 
Iris,  in  "The  Greek  Slave."  In  following  seasons  she  still  further  advanced  in  art 
and  in  popularity  in  New  York  City  in  roles  in  "San  Toy"  and  "The  Country  Girl," 

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produced  at  Daly's  Theatre.  In  1901  she  was  married  to  William  Sheldon,  a  step- 
brother of  Walter  Jones,  the  comedian.  In  1903  she  obtained  a  divorce  from  him, 
and  on  December  3  of  that  year  was  married  to  William  Astor  Chanler,  a  great* 
grandson  of  John  Jacob  Astor,  African  explorer,  ex-Congressman  and  veteran  of 
the  Spanish-American  War.  After  her  marriage  she  retired  from  the  stage.  In 
September,  1904,  a  son  was  born  to  her. 


^  ASHWELL,  MISS  LENA  (MRS.  ARTHUR  PLAYFAIR),  actress, 
/^  was  born  in  1872.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  Pocock,  of  the  British 
±  ^  Navy,  who  afterward  became  a  Church  of  England  clergyman.  Miss 
Ashwell  was  educated  in  Toronto,  and  studied  music  in  Switzerland  and 
at  the  Royal  Academy  of  Music,  London.  When  she  was  eighteen  years  old  her 
elocutionary  efforts  attracted  the  attention  of  Ellen  Terry,  who  advised  the  girl 
to  abandon  vocalism  for  the  study  of  dramatic  art.  Having  married  Arthur  Play- 
fair,  an  actor,  Miss  Ashwell  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  professional  stage  at 
the  Grand  Theatre,  Islington,  London,  in  1891,  playing  a  small  part  in  "The 
Pharisee."  She  then  appeared  with  George  Alexander,  in  "Lady  Windermere's 
Fan,"  and  afterward  with  the  late  Arthur  Dacre  and  Amy  Roselle,  in  "Man 
and  Woman."  In  1903  Miss  Ashwell  played  Elaine,  in  "King  Arthur,"  with  Sir 
Henry  Irving,  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London,  and  three  years  later  she  played  in 
"Richard  III."  In  1899  she  was  with  Wilson  Barrett,  in  "Man  and  His  Makers," 
and  in  "Wheels  Within  Wheels,"  at  the  Court  Theatre.  Miss  Ashwell  created 
the  title  part  in  Henry  Arthur  Jones's  "Mrs.  Dane's  Defence,"  in  1900,  and 
she  was  leading  woman  with  Sir  Henry  Irving,  at  Drury  Lane,  when  he  produced 
"Dante."  Her  performance  in  "The  Resurrection,"  by  Tolstoi,  at  Her  Majesty's 
Theatre,  London,  in  the  part  played  in  this  country  by  Miss  Blanche  Walsh,  led  to 
her  recognition  as  one  of  the  greatest  of  English  actresses.  Her  more  recent  suc- 
cesses have  been  in  "The  Darling  of  the  Gods,"  "Leah  Kleschna,"  which  she  played 
at  Wyndham's  Theatre,  London,  throughout  the  season  of  1904-'05,  and  "The 
Shulamite,"  1905-'06. 

Miss  Ashwell's  London  address  is  No.  4  Portman  Mansions,  Gloucester  Place,  W. 


AGELES,   MISS   AIMEE   (MRS.   GEORGE   CONSIDINE),   actress 
and  dancer,  is  the  daughter  of  Alexander  Zanfretta,  once  a  well  known 
circus  clown.     When  merely  a  child   Miss  Angeles  made  her  first  stage 
appearance  with  the  companies  managed  by  the  late  Charles  Hoyt  and 
playing  his  comedies.     She  was  a  clever  dancer,  and  principally  did  dancing  special- 
ties.    She  then  became  prominent  in  musical  comedies,  making  conspicuous  suc- 
cesses in  a  dance  with  James  T.  Powers,  in  "A  Runaway  Girl,"  at  Daly's  Theatre, 
New  York ;  in  "The  Man  from  China."  and  in  "The  Rollicking  Girl."     She  was 
also  in  Joseph  Weber's  company  for  a  season. 

Miss  Angeles  became  the  wife  of  George  Considine,  a  well  known  sporting  man 
and  proprietor  of  the  Hotel  Metropole,  New  York,  September  30,  1906. 


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BANGS,    JOHN    KENDRICK,    author    and    playwright,    was    born    in 
Yonkers,  X1.  Y.,  May  27,  1862,  being  the  son  of  Francis  X.  Bangn.    He  was 
graduated  from  Columbia  College  in  1883,  and  for  a  year  studied  law.  when 
he  became  the  editor  of  "Life."'  which  position  he  held  until  1888.     His  first 
book,  "Roger  Camberden,"  was  published  in  1886,  since  which  he  has  written  many 
well  known  humorous  books  and  short  stories.     Mr.  Bangs  edited  "Harper's  Weeklv' 
from  1898  to  1900,  and  "The  Metropolitan  Magazine''  from  1902  to  1903.     He  then 
edited  "Puck"  until  May,  1905.     His  produced  plays  are  "The  Worsted  Man,''  1905 ; 
"Lady  Teazle,"  a  musical  version  of.  "The  School  for  Scandal,"  in  which  Miss  Lillian 
Russell  starred  in  1905,  and  "Tomorrowland,"  a  futurity  extravaganza,  produced 
in  Washington  early  in  1906.  and  afterward  played  for  a  run  in  Boston  under  the 
title  of  "The  Man  from  Xow."     Mr.  Bangs's  home  is  in  Yonkers,  X.  Y. 


BARNABEE,  HENRY  CLAY,  comic  opera  comedian,  was  born  at  Ports- 
mouth, X.  H..  on  Xovember  14.  1833.  His  father.  Willis  Barnabee,  was 
proprietor  of  the  leading  hotel  of  Portsmouth.  Henry  Clay  Barnabee 
began  his  career  as  a  clerk  in  a  dry  goods  store  in  that  town,  and  the  only 
way  he  was  able  to  gratify  his  longing  for  a  musical  career  was  by  singing  in  the 
village  church  choir.  At  an  early  age  he  went  to  Boston  to  engage  in  the  dry 
goods  business,  and  there  he  became  a  member  of  the  Unity  Church  Quartet. 
He  continued  his  musical  training  by  concert  work  and  at  entertainments  of  the 
Mercantile  Library  Association,  an  organization  in  which  many  prominent  actors 
and  entertainers  received  their  early  training.  His  work  with  this  association  (he 
was  a  member  of  its  amusement  committee)  became  so  marked  that  there  was  a 
large  demand  for  his  services  outside  the  city,  and  he  soon  attained  such  promi- 
nence that  he  devoted  considerable  time  to  concert  and  monologue  performances 
in  the  larger  cities  of  the  Eastern  States,  although  still  maintaining  his  commer- 
cial connections.  A  serious  illness  during  the  Civil  War  prevented  him  from  con- 
tinuing in  business,  and  in  1865  he  became  a  professional  entertainer.  He  made 
his  debut  with  "Patchwork:  or.  An  Evening  with  Barnabee,"  a  monologue,  which 
he  gave  in  a  tour  through  the  Xorthern  States  and  Canada.  A  year  later  he  made 
his  first  appearance  on  the  legitimate  stage  at  a  benefit  performance  at  the  Boston 
Museum,  playing  Toby  Twinkle,  in  "All  That  Glitters  Is  Xot  Gold";  Cox.  in  "Box 
and  Cox,"  and  singing  the  well  known  song  "Simon  the  Cellarer."  Thereafter  he 
appeared  at  the  Boston  Theatre  in  such  parts  as  Aminidab  Sleek,  in  "The  Serious 
Family,"  and  Henry  Dove,  in  "Married  Life,"  and  sang  in  the  operettas  "The 
Two  Cadis"  and  "Sir  Marmaduke."  In  1870  he  organized  a  concert  company 
and  toured  Xew  England  and  the  Middle  and  Western  States.  In  1879  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Boston  Ideal  Opera  Company,  then  just  formed,  and  became  one 
of  the  star  performers  of  that  famous  organization.  In  that  company  he  appeared 
as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  in  "Pinafore";  Pasha,  in  "Fatinitza" ;  John  Wellington 
Wells,  in  "The  Sorcerer";  Lambertuccio,  in  "Boccaccio";  Florestan,  in  "The 
Bohemian  Girl";  Baillie,  in  "The  Chimes  of  Xormandy";  the  Duke,  in  "Oli- 
vette"; Abbe  Bridaine,  in  "The  Musketeers";  Lord  Allcash,  in  "Fra  Diavolo" ; 
Bunthorne,  in  "Patience";  the  Major  General,  in  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance"; 
Bolero,  in  "Girofle-Girofla" ;  King  Bobeche,  in  "Bluebeard":  Don  Japhet,  in 
"Giralda" :  Prince  Lorenzo,  in  "Mascot" ;  the  Marquis,  in  "Fanchonette,"  and 
Bruno,  in  "The  Daughter  of  the  Regiment."  In  1888  the  Boston  Ideal  Opera 
Company  was  dissolved,  and  the  more  famous  Bostonians  were  organized.  Mr. 
Barnabee  being  one  of  the  chief  promoters.  It  was  as  one  of  the  stars  of  this 
company  that  Mr.  Barnabee  came  to  be  known  the  country  wide  as  the  dean  of 

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light  opera  singers  and  comedians  uf  the  American  otage.  His  uest  known  and 
most  popular  creation  with  this  company  was  the  Sheriff  of  Nottingham,  in  "Robin 
Hood,"  De  Koven's  opera.  Other  parts  he  played  while  the  Bostonians  were  in 
existence  were  Marcassou,  in  "The  Poachers";  Lurcher,  in  "Dorothy";  Don,  in 
"Don  Pasquale";  Don  Quixote,  in  "Don  Quixote";  Chrysos,  in  "Pygmalion  and 
Galatea";  the  Governor,  in  "The  Knickerbockers";  the  Professor,  in  "The  Ogalai- 
ias" ;  the  Elder,  in  "The  Maid  of  Plymouth";  La  Fontaine,  in  "Prince  Ananias"; 
Ezra  Stebbins,  in  "In  Mexico";  the  Duke,  in  "The  Serenade,"  and  Rip,  in  "Rip 
Van  Winkle."  In  1859  he  married  Miss  Clara  Warner,  daughter  of  Major  Daniel 
George  Warner,  of  Warner,  N.  H.  He  is  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Apollo 
Club,  of  Boston,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  of 
Boston.  In  1905  the  Bostonians,  which  for  several  years  had  been  going  down- 
hill, broke  up  as  a  company.  Since  then  Mr.  Barnabee  has  done  little  on  the 
stage  save  for  a  few  vaudeville  performances. 


BARNES,  J.  H.,  actor,  was  born  in  England,  and  made  his  first  appearance 
with  Sir  Henry  Irving  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London,  in  a  small  part  in 
"The  Bells."     He  filled  many  provincial  engagements  until  1874,  when 
he  came  to  the  United  States  with  Adelaide  Xeilson  as  leading  man  of  her 
company.     In  1883  he  reappeared  at  the  Lyceum,  in  London,  with  Mary  Anderson, 
playing  leading  man  in  "Ingomar"  and  in  all  her  repertoire.     He  also  accompanied 
her  on  her  tour  of  the  United  States.     He  was  with  the  Kendals  in  1886  and  with 
Grace  Hawthorne  in  1887.     In  recent  years  he  played  with  Sir  Henry  Irving  at 
the   London  Lyceum,  and   accompanied   him  to  the   United   States   on  his  tours. 
In  1905  he  came  to  this  country  under  engagement  to  Charles  Frohman.     The  fall 
season  of  1906  he  was  in  the  cast  of  "The  Hypocrites,"  by  Henry  Arthur  Jones, 
produced  at  the  Hudson  Theatre,  Xew  York.     He  has  written  a  quantity  of  verse, 
including  a  serious  poem,  "The  Mission  of  Judas,"  and  a  lament  on  the  death  of 
Queen  Victoria. 


BARRYMORE,  MISS  ETHEL,  actress,  on  both  her  father's  and  mother's 
side  is  descended  from  families  whose  names  are  noted  on  the  stages  of  two 
continent1*.  The  daughter  of  the  late  Maurice  Barrymore  and  Georgina 
Drew,  the  niece  of  John  Drew  and  the  sister  of  John  and  Lionel  Barry- 
more,  she  was  born  twenty-five  years  ago.  Her  father  and  mother  being  among 
the  most  gifted  actors  of  their  day,  it  was  to  be  expected  that  their  children  would 
feel  the  call  of  the  buskin.  The  first  recorded  appearance  on  the  stage  of  Miss 
Ethel  Barrymore  was  at  the  Empire  Theatre,  on  September  23,  1895,  when  she 
played  the  role  of  Katherine  in  Henry  Guy  Carleton's  comedy  "That  Independent 
Young  Person,"  Miss  Maude  Adams  and  John  Drew  also  being  in  the  cast.  The 
following  year  Miss  Barrymore  became  a  member  of  the  Empire  Theatre  stock 
company,  her  uncle,  John  Drew,  being  its  leading  man.  Her  first  role  in  this  com- 
pany was  that  of  the  serving  maid  in  "Rosemary."  Following  this  she  played 
Priscilla,  in  "Secret  Service,"  going  to  London  with  the  company  and  meeting  with 
such  favor  that  she  soon  became  as  well  known  at  the  receptions  in  society  drawing 
rooms  as  she  was  on  the  stage.  In  the  fall  of  1897  she  was  engaged  by  Sir  Henry 
Irving  and  played  several  important  roles  in  his  productions,  her  work  in  "Peter 
the  Great"  calling  forth  especial  commendation.  At  this  time  her  engagement 
was  announced  to  Gerald  Du  Maurier,  the  son  of  the  author  of  "Trilby,"  Avho  had 
played  in  the  American  tour  of  Beerhohm  Tree's  company  in  1896.  This  engnge- 

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ment,  however,  like  a  previously  rumored  one  to  Laurence  Irving,  the  son  of  Sir 
Henry  Irving,  proved  to  be  without  foundation.  In  1900  she  returned  to  the 
management  of  Charles  Frohman  and  became  a  star,  her  first  appearance  as  such 
being  in  "Captain  Jinks."  Her  success  in  this  stamped  her  as  a  worthy  successor 
to  the  honors  of  her  mother,  and  her  accomplishments,  aside  from  those  displayed 
on  the  stage,  opened  to  her  the  doors  of  the  homes  of  many  of  the  best  known  New 
York  City  families,  where  she  was  received  as  a  social  equal.  "Captain  Jinks'' 
was  followed  by  "Cousin  Kate,"  at  the  Hudson  Theatre.  New  York,  in  which 
Miss  Barrymore  made  another  personal  triumph.  At  the  beginning  of  the  season 
of  1905  she  appeared  in  "Sunday,"  which  had  a  short  run.  In  May  Charles  Froh- 
man made  a  special  production  of  Ibsen's  "A  Doll's  House"  for  her  at  the  Lyceum 
Theatre,  New  York,  she  playing  the  role  of  Nora.  In  Deecember  following  she- 
opened  for  a  short  run  in  J.  M.  Barrio's  "Alice  Sit-by-the-Fire,"  at  the  Criterion 
Theatre,  New  Yrork. 


BAKKIE,   JAMES    MATTHEW,   author   and    playwright,    was   born   at 
Kirriemuir,  Scotland,  in  1860  and  educated  at  Dumfries  and  Edinburgh 
University.     He  had  already  made  his  mark  as  a  novelist  when  his  first 
*  * 

play,  "Walker,  London,"  was  produced  at  Toole's  Theatre.  London,  in  1890. 
The  following  yeai  he  married  Miss  Mary  Ansell,  an  actress,  who  was  appearing  in 
his  play.  Mr.  Barrie's  fame  as  a  playwright  rests  largely  on  his  adaptations  of  his 
own  novels.  Among  his  most  prominent  successes,  all  of  which  have  found  favor  in 
this  country,  are  "The  Professor's  Love  Story,"  written  for  E.  S.  Willard,  and  pro- 
duced in  1895;  "The  Little  Minister,"  produced  in  1897,  in  which  Miss  Maude 
Adams  starred;  "Quality  Street,"  in  which  she  starred  in  1902;  "The  Admirable 
Crichton,"  presented  here  by  William  Gillette ;  "Little  Mary"  and  "Peter  Pan,"  pro- 
duced in  London  in  1904,  with  Miss  Nina  Boucicault  in  the  title  role,  and  in  which 
Miss  Adams  starred  here  last  season.  His  latest  plays  are  "Pantaloon"  and  "Alice 
Sit-by-the-Fire."  both  played  by  Miss  Ethel  Barrymore  in  this  country  hast  season. 
Mr.  Barrie's  principal  recreation  is  playing  cricket. 


BATES,   MISS   BLANCHE    (MRS.   MILTON    F.    I) AVI*  I,  actress. 
was  born  in  Portland,  Ore.,  in  1873.     Her  father  and  mother.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
F.  M.  Bates,  were  well  known  as  actors  in  the  West  and  in  Australia,  her 
father  being  manager  of  the  Oro  Fino  Theatre,  in  Portland,  at  the  time 
of  her  birth.     When  she  was  three  years  old  the  family  moved  to  San  Francisco, 
where  she  was  educated.     Miss  Bates  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  at  a 
benefit  for  L.  R.  Stockwell,  manager  of  Stockwell's  Theatre,  later  known  as  the 
Columbia,  in  San  Francisco,  in  1894,  in  a  one  act  play  by  Brander  Matthews  called 
"This  Picture  and  That." 

She  next  played  general  utility  parts  in  the  company  of  T.  Dan;el  Frwley,  at  a 
salary  of  about  $20  a  week.  Going  with  him  to  Xew  York,  they  were  engaged  by 
James  Neill  for  the  Giffm  and  Neill  company,- then  playing  in  Denver,  Salt  Lake 
City  and  Portland.  Miss  Bates's  salary  was  $35  a  week.  Mr.  Frawley  becoming 
proprietor  of  the  company,  Miss  Bates  was  advanced  first  to  leading  woman  and 
afterward  to  joint  star,  making  her  first  marked  success  in  1895  as  Mrs.  Hillary,  in 
"The  Senator."  She  played  the  leading  comedy  parts  in  "The  Railroad  of  Love," 
"Nancy  and  Co.,"  "The  Last  Word,"  "The  International  Match,"  "The  Transit  of 
Leo,"  "Sweet  Lavender"  and  "Captain  Swift."  As  Phyllis,  in  "The  Charity  Ball," 
she  proved  herself  an  able  emotional  actress,  and  after  playing  in  "The  Wife,"  "In 

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Spite  of  All,"  "The  Dancing  Girl"  and  "An  Enemy  of  the  King,"  she  won  a 
success  as  Nora,  in  Ibsen's  "A  Doll's  House." 

Miss  Bates  was  first  engaged  by  Augustin  Daly  in  1898,  and  played  Shake- 
spearian parts  with  his  company.  After  another  short  starring  tour  with  Frawley 
she  created  the  part  of  the  Countess  Mirtza,  in  "The  Great  Ruby,"  at  Daly's 
Theatre,  New  York,  but  resigned  from  the  company  after  playing  the  part  only 
twice.  Her  withdrawal  caused  much  newspaper  comment.  Her  acting  in  this, 
however,  obtained  for  her  an  engagement  to  play  Miladi  in  Liebler  &  Co.'s  pro- 
duction of  "The  Musketeers,"  in  which  she  was  again  conspicuously  successful.  She 
first  appeared  under  the  management  of  David  Belasco,  at  his  Xew  York  Theatre, 
in  the  Japanese  one  act  play,  "Madame  Butterfly."  Miss  Bates's  next  success  was 
as  Cigarette,  in  Belasco's  production  of  "Under  Two  Flags."  Then  came  the  Princess 
Yo-San,  in  "The  Darling  of  the  Gods,"  by  David  Belasco  and  John  Luther  Long, 
which  ran  through  two  seasons.  Her  most  recent  success  is  in  the  star  part  of  The 
Girl,  in  Belasco's  drama  of  early  California  life,  "The  Girl  of  the  Golden  West." 
produced  in  the  fall  of  1895  at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  which  ran  there 
over  nine  months. 

Miss  Bates  is  the  wife  of  Milton  F.  Davis,  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  First  Cavalrv, 
U.  S.  A.,  a  Minnesota  man,  who  was  graduated  from  West  Point.  She  lives  with 
lire  mother. 


BATEMAN,  MISS  VICTORY,  actress,  was  horn  in  Philadelphia.     She 
made  her  first  appearance  as  an  amateur  when  a  child,  with  the  Wheatly 
Dramatic  Association,  in  that  city,  in  "Rosedale."     Her  first  professional 
appearance  was  as  Gertie  Hacket,  in  "Romany  Rye,"  which  she  played  for 
three  seasons,  in  support  of  the  late  William  Terriss.     She  afterward  played  leading 
parts  with  Louis  James  and  Frederick  Warde.     In  1892  Miss  Bateman  supported 
the  late  E.  J.  Henley  and  Aubrey  Boucicault.  in  "The  Favorite,"  at  StockwelPs 
Theatre,   San  Francisco.     For  a  season  she  was  leading  woman  at  the  Imperial 
Theatre.  St.  Louis,  playing  Carmen,  Camille.  Yera.  in  "Moths";  Young  Mrs.  Win- 
throp,  Juliet,   Portia,  and   Mercy   Baxter,  in   "Caprice,"   in   which  she  made  her 
greatest  success.     She  created  the  part  of  Nora  Hanlon,  in  the  English  melodrama 
"Burmah."  produced  in  Boston  in  1895,  and  she  was  also  the  original  Dearest,  in 
"Little  Lord   Fauntleroy."     In   the  summer  of   1906   Miss   Bateman  was  leading 
woman  in  the  Bush  Temple  stock  company,  in  Chicago. 


ELASCO,  DAVID,  playwright  and  manager,  was  born  in  San  Francisco. 
Cal..  July  25,  1859.  His  father.  Humphrey  Belasco,  still  lives.  His 
mother  was  Rena  Martin  Belasco.  Both  of  them  were  natives  of  England. 
David  Belasco's  education  was  begun  by  a  Catholic  priest  at  Vancouver, 
British  Columbia,  and  was  finished  at  Lincoln  College,  California,  where  he 
was  graduated  in  1875.  His  leaning  toward  the  stage  was  apparent  when  he 
was  a  child,  and  the  gift  of  a  toy  theatre  from  his  parents,  upon  the  stage  of  which 
dramatized  versions  of  his  nursery  books  were  produced,  marked  an  epoch  in  his  life. 
His  first  play,  written  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and  acted  by  himself  and  his  friends, 
was  entitled  "Jim  Black :  or.  The  Regulator's  Revenge."  It  came  to  an  untimely 
end  at  the  close  of  the  second  act  through  the  machinations  of  some  young  ruffians 
who  had  been  engaged  as  "supers." 

Mr.  Belasco  started  his  career  as  a  call  boy  at  Baldwin's  Theatre,  San  Francisco, 
and  in  1878  he  had  become  its  stage  manager.     He  also  held  the  same  place  at  the 

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Grand  Opera  House  and  the  Metropolitan  Theatre,  San  Francisco.  The  companies 
that  he  directed  at  this  time  contained  many  actors  and  actresses  who  became  cele- 
brated stars,  and  it  was  during  these  years  of  stock  work  that  Mr.  Belasco  laid  the 
foundation  of  his  present  success.  While  he  was  directing  stage  work  he  was  also 
dramatizing  novels,  adapting  foreign  plays  and  doing  original  work.  Something  like 
a  hundred  plays  of  this  nature  were  produced  with  varying  success.  In  1880  the 
Mallory  Brothers  engaged  Mr.  Belasco  to  take  charge  of  their  productions  at  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York.  It  was  there  that  he  gained  his  first  pro- 
nounced success  as  an  author,  with  "May  Blossom."  in  1884.  "La  Belle  Busse," 
"Valerie"  and  "Hearts  of  Oak"  had  already  had  prosperous  runs  in  New  York, 
however. 

Mr.  Belasco  next  went  with  Daniel  Frohman  to  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  taking 
charge  of  his  productions,  in  1887.  Here  he  wrote  "Lord  Chumley,"  with  Henry 
C.  DeMille,  which  started  E.  H.  Sothern  on  his  prosperous  career.  "The  Wife"  and 
"The  Charity  Ball,"  written  in  conjunction  with  Mr.  DeMille,  followed  at  the 
Lyceum  Theatre,  and  "Men  and  Women.1"  written  for  Charles  Frohman,  was  pro- 
duced by  him  at  Proctor's  Twenty-third  Street  Theatre.  Following  this,  in  col- 
laboration with  Franklin  Fyles,  Mr.  Belasco  wrote  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me," 
which  opened  the  Empire  Theatre,  New  York. 

"The  Heart  of  Maryland."  written  by  Mr.  Belasco,  was  produced  in  1895,  and 
was  the  means  of  starting  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter  on  the  road  to  stardom.  In  1897  Mr. 
Belasco  produced  "The  First  Born,"  by  Francis  Powers,  and  the  following  season  he 
starred  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter  in  his  own  version  of  Berton  and  Simon's  "Zaza."  In 
1899  he  produced  a  farcical  comedy,  entitled  "Naughty  Anthony,"  with  Miss 
Blanche  Bates  in  the  leading  role,  and  later  his  dramatization  of  John  Luther  Long's 
Japanese  story,  "Madame  Butterfly."  in  which  Miss  Bates  was  again  the  principal 
figure. 

On  April  16,  1900,  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  London,  he  presented  Mrs.  Carter,  in 
"Zaza/'  with  great  success,  and  "Madame  Butterfly"  was  also  produced  at  the  Duke 
of  York's  Theatre,  repeating  its  American  success. 

"Madame  Du  Barry,"  written  by  Mr.  Belasco,  was  produced  at  the  New  National 
Theatre,  Washington,  D.  C.,  December  12,  1901.  and  on  December  25  at  the  Crite- 
rion Theatre,  New  York.  Its  success  was  phenomenal.  "The  Darling  of  the  Gods," 
a  drama  of  Old  Japan,  written  by  Mr.  Belasco  in  collaboration  with  John  Luther 
Long,  was  produced  at  the  Belasco  Theatre.  New  York,  in  the  following  year,  1902. 
with  Miss  Blanche  Bates  as  the  Princess  Yo-San.  "Sweet  Kitty  Bellairs,"  written 
by  Mr.  Belasco  and  founded  on  Egerton  Castle's  novel,  "The  Bath  Comedy,"  was 
produced  at  the  Belasco  Theatre.  New  York,  in  1903,  with  Miss  Henrietta  Crosman 
in  the  title  role. 

Mr.  Belasco's  next  play,  produced  in  1905,  at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  New  York 
was  "Adrea,"  a  classic  tragedy  of  the  Byzantine  period,  written  in  collaboration  with 
John  Luther  Long.  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter  played  the  principal  role. 

In  September,  1904,  Mr.  Belasco  produced  "The  Music  Master,"  with  David 
Warfield  in  the  character  of  Herr  von  Barwig,  at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  New  York. 
This  play  holds  the  modern  record  for  a  long  run,  having  been  played  for  over  600 
nights  continuously  since  the  opening  night  in  New  York.  Mr.  Belasco  is  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  so-called  independent  theatrical  managers. 

The  most  recent  production  made  by  Mr.  Belasco  was  his  own  play,  "The  Girl 
of  the  Golden  West."  a  drama  of  the  days  of  '49  in  California.  Miss  Blanche 
Bates  opened  in  the  title  role  at  the  Belasco  Theatre  in  this  drama  on  November 
14,  1905.  and  the  play  ran  there  into  the  fall  of  1906. 

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BAUM,  LYMAN  FKAXK,  playwright,  was  born  at  Chittenango,  N.  Y., 
May  15,  1856.     He  was  educated  at  Syracuse,  and  began  newspaper  work 
in  South  Dakota  in  1880.     He  is  the  author  of  many  books  for  children. 
His  produced  plays  are  "Maid  of  Arran,"  New  York,   1881 ;  "Matches," 
New  York,   1882;  "Kilmore,"  Syracuse,  1884;  "Queen  of  Killarney,"  Rochester, 
1885 ;  "The  Wizard  of  Oz,"  Chicago,  1902,  and  "The  Woggle  Bug,"  Chicago,  1905^ 
He  has  in  preparation  "Queen  Zixi  of  Ix." 

Mr.  Baum  married,  at  Fayetteville,  X.  Y.,  Maud,  daughter  of  Matilda  Joslyn 
Gage.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Press  Club,  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  and 
The  Players.  His  home  is  in  Chicago  in  the  winter  and  at  Macatawa,  Mich.,  in  the 
summer. 


BELL,  DIGBY,  comic  opera  singer  and  comedian,  was  born  in  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  in  1849,  being  the  son  of  William  J.  Bell,  a  banker.  When  he  was 
five  years  old  the  family  moved  to  New  York,  where  he  received  his  educa- 
tion. After  being  graduated  from  college  he  decided  to  follow  his  father's 
occupation,  and  engaged  with  him  in  the  brokerage  business,  becoming  a  member  of 
the  Stock  Exchange.  At  his  father's  death  he  became  the  New  York  passenger 
agent  of  the  White  Star  Line.  He  had  found  time  in  the  rush  of  business  to 
pursue  an  early  bent  for  singing,  and  vocal  study  and  his  success  as  a  baritone  at 
concerts  soon  led  him  to  forsake  business  entirely  and  go  to  Italy  to  study  music. 
He  studied  there  for  five  years,  to  such  good  purpose  that  in  1876  he  made  his 
debut  in  grand  opera  at  the  Island  of  Malta,  his  first  roles  being  those  of  the  Count, 
in  "La  Sonnambula,"  and  Valentine,  in  "Faust."  He  next  appeared  at  the  Teatro 
Fondo,  in  Naples,  singing  the  leading  baritone  roles  in  "Faust,"  "II  Trovatore," 
"Linda,"  "La  Sonnambula"  and  "Traviata."  He  left  Italy  to  return  to  his  native 
land  to  make  a  concert  tour  of  it,  during  which  he  sang  in  oratorios  in  Boston, 
Chicago  and  Detroit.  At  the  end  of  his  concert  tour  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Martinez  English  Opera  Company,  in  which  he  sang  all  the  well  known  baritone 
opera  roles.  This  company  finally  became  stranded  in  Montreal,  and  to  enable  it  to 
get  to  New  York  it  was  decided  to  put  on  "Pinafore,"  which  had  never  been  played 
in  Canada.  Its  success  was  instantaneous,  and  Mr.  Bell's  personal  achievement  as 
the  Admiral  was  so  marked  in  a  subsequent  tour  of  the  LTnited  States  that  he  decided 
to  devote  himself  to  comic  opera.  He  accordingly  appeared  next  as  John  Welling- 
ton Wells,  in  "The  Sorcerer,"  the  first  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  operas,  "Trial  by 
Jury,"  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  one  act  opera,  and  the  one  act  musical  comedies 
"Ages  Ago,"  "The  Spectre  Knight"  and  "Charity  Begins  at  Home,"  all  written  by 
W.  S.  Gilbert.  In  these  three,  in  which  he  appeared  under  the  management  of  John 
A.  McCaull  at  the  Bijou  Opera  House,  New  York,  Mr.  Bell  took  the  city  by  storm. 
His  next  engagement  was  with  the  Comley-Barton  company,  with  which  he  created 
the  role  in  this  country  of  Coliquot,  in  "Olivette,"  Catherine  Lewis,  John  Howson 
and  Marie  Jansen  being  in  the  cast.  For  the  next  three  years  he  was  under  con- 
tract with  Augustin  Daly.  At  this  time  he  created  the  part  of  Jack  Polo,  in 
"Cinderella  at  School,"  and  appeared  in  "Zanina,"  "Needles  and  Pins,"  "The  Pass- 
ing Regiment"  and  "Americans  Abroad."  After  another  season  with  the  Comley- 
Barton  company  he  rejoined  the  McCaull  opera  company  and  appeared  in  "Nell 
Gwynne,"  "The  Princess  of  Trebizonde,"  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance,"  "Don  Caesar," 
"The  Black  Hussar,"  "The  Mikado,"  "Boccaccio,"  "Fatinitza,"  "Indiana"  and 
"Ruddygore."  He  had  married  Laura  Joyce  while  they  were  playing  in  Mr. 
Daly's  company  and  she  was  with  him  as  a  member  of  the  McCaull  company,  as 
were  three  others  who  were  destined  to  become  stars  of  the  comic  opera  stage,. 

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Marion  Manola,  De  Wolf  Hopper  and  Jefferson  De  Angelis.  After  starring 
with  great  success  in  "The  Tar  and  the  Tartar"  and  '"Jupiter''  in  New  York,  he, 
became  the  leading  comedian  of  the  Lillian  Eussell  opera  company,  appearing  with 
Miss  Eussell  in  "The  Princess  Nicotine,"  "Girofle-Girofla,"  "The  Grand  Duchess/' 
"The  Queen  of  Brilliants"  and  "La  Perichole."  Despite  his  success  as  a  comic 
opera  star,  Mr.  Bell  aspired  to  legitimate  comedy,  and  after  a  starring  tour  in 
"Nancy  Lee"  he  put  into  operation  the  long  cherished  project.  He,  with  his 
wife  as  co-star,  made  a  tour  in  Hoyt's  "A  Midnight  Bell,"  his  part  being  that  of 
Deacon  Tidd.  While  this  was  only  partly  successful,  it  warranted  him  in  con- 
tinuing along  the  straight  comedy  line,  and  his  next  appearance  was  in  "The 
Hoosier  Doctor,"  written  by  Augustus  Thomas.  His  success  in  this  met  his  most 
expectant  hopes.  For  the  last  two  seasons  he  has  starred  as  Mr.  Pip]),  in  "The 
Education  of  Mr.  Pipp,"  the  comedy  built  around  the  drawings  of  Charles  Dana 
Gibson  by  Augustus  Thomas.  Mr.  Bell's  address  is  No.  147(5  Lexington  avenue. 
New  York. 


BENTLEY,  MISS  IRENE   (MRS.  J.  T.  SOTHORON),  was  born  in 
Baltimore,  where  her  father  at  one  time  was  a  wealthy  merchant.     While 
still  in  her  teens  Miss   Bentley  was   married   to  J.   Thomas   Sothoron,   a 
lawyer,   of   Washington,   D.   C.     A  separation  quickly   followed,   and,   her 
father  having  met  with  financial  disaster,  Miss  Bentley  found  herself  compelled  to 
earn  her  own  living. 

Choosing  the  theatrical  profession.  Miss  Bentley  went  to  New  York  and  obtained 

an  engagement  with  E.  E.  Rice  and  the  late 
A.  M.  Palmer  to  appear  as  one  of  the 
captain's  daughters,  in  "Little  Christopher," 
at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre.  Thus  she 
made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  in 
1895. 

Miss  Bentley  then  became  a  member  of 
the  Casino  chorus,  appearing  in  "The  Merry 
World,"  where  she  attracted  the  attention  of 
George  W.  Lederer,  who  pushed  her  forward 
until  she  assumed  prima  donna  parts  and 
eventually  became  a  star,  her  first  stellar 
part  being  in  the  musical  comedy  "The  Wild 
Rose."  Since  then  Miss  Bentley  has  been  the 
star  of  several  light  musical  pieces.  She 
has  also  appeared  as  a  ballad  singer  in  vaude- 
ville houses. 

Miss  Bentley's  home  is  at  No.  65  Central 
Park  West.  Ne\v  York. 


BERGEN,  MISS  NELLA  (MRS.  DE  WOLF  HOPPER),  light  opera 
prima  donna,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  her  father  being  Captain  John  Riordan. 
of  the  Police  Department.     When  she  was  eighteen  years  old  her  singing 
attracted  the  attention  of  the  famous  bandmaster  Patrick   Sarsfield   Gil- 
more,  and  he  engaged  her  as  soprano  soloist  for  his  band  concerts  on  tour  and  in 
New  York.     After  several  seasons   with   him   she  retired   from   public   view   save 
for  amateur  performances  of  the  operas  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  and  solo  singing 

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in  Brooklyn  church  choirs,  to  engage  in  further  musical  study.  In  1895  she  re- 
turned to  the  professional  ranks  and  toured  the  country  under  the  management  of 
Fred  C.  Whitney,  in  Smith  and  De  Koven's  "The  Fencing  Master."  She  soon  again 
left  the  stage,  this  time  to  become  the  wife  of  James  D.  Bergen,  a  wealthy  cut  glass 
manufacturer  of  Meriden  and  Hartford,  Conn.  As  Mrs.  Bergen  she  was  one  of 
the  most  noted  church  choir  singers  of  Meriden  and  Hartford.  The  old  love  for 
the  stage,  however,  reasserted  itself,  and  in  1897  she  left  the  Centre  Church  choir, 
of  Hartford,  to  play  the  leading  soprano  role  with  De  Wolf  Hopper  in  "El  Capitan." 
In  1899  she  was  again  with  Mr.  Hopper  in  "The  Charlatan."  Mr.  Hopper  had 
obtained  a  divorce  from  Mrs.  Edna  Wallace  Hopper  in  the  summer  of  1898,  and 
when  Mrs.  Bergen  left  the  cast  of  "The  Charlatan"  to  go  to  South  Dakota  it  was 
rumored  that  she  and  Mr.  Hopper  would  be  married  as  soon  as  she  had  obtained 
a  divorce.  Eumor  proved  truth  and  they  were  married.  She  played  thereafter 
with  him  in  the  leading  soprano  roles  in  all  of  his  comic  operas  until  the  last 
season,  when  they  appeared  in  different  companies.  Her  last  engagement  was  as 
the  star  of  the  Sousa  opera  "The  Free  Lance,"  which  ended  the  1906  season  at 
the  Xew  Amsterdam  Theatre. 


BERGERE,    MISS    VALERIE,    actress,    was    born    in    Metz,    France. 
With  her  sister  Leona,  who  was  a  member  of  the  Conried  opera  company, 
she  came  to  this  country  when  a  girl  and  studied  the  English  language. 
She   made  her   first   appearance  as   Dora   Vane,   in   "Harbor   Lights."   at 
Oakland,    Cal.,    in    1892,    and    the    following    season   played    ingenue    parts    with 
Maud  Granger  in  California  and  the  Northwest.     The  same  year  she  created  the 
part  of  Mrs.  Eussell  Eitchie,  in  "The  Journalist."  Avith  marked  success.     She  next 
appeared  in  ISTew  York  in  "A  Piece  of  Steel."     In  1895  Miss  Bergere  did  excellent 
work  as  Jen,  a  tough  girl,  in  "A  White  Eat,"  and  as  Marie  Vernet,  a  French 
adventuress,  in  "On  the  Mississippi."     Three  years  later  she  was  a  member  of  the 
Girard  Avenue  stock  company  at  Philadelphia,  appearing  in  such  parts  as  Hen- 
riette,  in  "The  Two  Orphans" ;  Mrs.  Eawlston,  in  "Jim  the  Penman" ;  Suzanne,  in 
"The  Masked  Ball" ;  Miriam,  in  "The  Butterflies,"  and  as  Carmen.     Miss  Bergere 
is  an  accomplished  linguist.     She  has  recently  been  seen  in  vaudeville. 


BERNARD,  SAM  (BARNETT),  comedian,  was  born  in  Birmingham, 
England,  on  June  3,  1863.  When  he  was  four  years  old  his  parents  moved 
to  the  United  States.  He  and  his  brother  Dick  were  imbued  with  "show" 
ambitions  when  they  were  youngsters,  and  gave  their  first  appearance  in 
their  father's  woodshed.  They  made  their  first  stage  appearance  in  Xew  York  in 
1876  at  the  old  Grand  Duke  Theatre,  Baxter  and  Worth  streets.  The  theatre  was 
in  a  basement,  and  the  admission  fee  was  five  cents.  The  Bernards  used  to  perform 
there  after  school  hours,  billed  as  the  Bernard  Brothers,  and  did  one  of  the  knock- 
about comedian  singing  and  dancing  acts  so  popular  at  that  time.  As  a  team  they 
played  this  sketch  in  vaudeville  and  variety  houses  until  1884,  when  Sam  Bernard 
joined  the  stock  company  at  B,  F.  Keith's  Providence  (E.  I.)  theatre  to  play  comedy 
roles.  In  1885  he  went  to  England  and  appeared  in  character  sketches  in  the 
leading  music  halls  and  variety  theatres.  He  returned  to  the  United  States  in 
1886.  created  the  role  of  the  Bad  Boy,  in  "The  Corner  Grocery,"  and  for  two  seasons 
played  the  principal  comedy  role  in  "Lost  in  London."  He  next  gave  his  attention 
to  burlesque,  and  from  1888  to  1891  played  the  principal  comedy  parts  with  the 
Xight  Owls.  Later  he  became  part  proprietor,  with  Mr.  Manchester,  of  the 

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French  Folly  company,  also  a  burlesque  company,  in  which  he  again  played  the 
leading  comedy  parts.  It  was  at  this  period  that  he  became  popular  as  a  German 
dialect  comedian,  and  it  was  the  laughs  which  greeted  his  language  nonsense  which 
led  to  his  heing  engaged  by  Weber  &  Fields  to  tour  with  the  Russell  Brothers. 
When  Weber  &  Fields  organized  the  burlesque  company,  the  Vaudeville  Club, 
they  placed  Mr.  Bernard  in  charge  of  it.  When  that  company  was  retired  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Weber  &  Fields  Broadway  Music  Hall  company  in  Xew 
Yoi'k,  with  which  he  remained  until  1901.  In  1904  he  was  engaged  by  Charles 
Frohman  to  star  with  Miss  Hattie  Williams,  in  "The  Girl  from  Kay's."  which  ran 
for  a  season  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre.  Xew  York.  In  this  Mr.  Bernard  madf 
the  chief  success  of  his  career,  a  success  which  took  him  out  of  the  ranks  of  the 
music  hall  comedians  and  gave  him  a  place  as  a  comedian  on  the  legitimate  stage. 
He  continued  this  success,  still  as  a  co-star  with  Miss  Williams,  "in  "The  Rollicking 
Girl,"  also  produced  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre  by  Charles  Frohman  in  the 
season  of  1905-'0(5. 


BERNHARDT,     MADAME     SARAH      (ROSINA     SARAH.     DA 
MALA),  actress,  was  born  in  Paris  in  1844  and  educated  at  the  Convent 
de  Grandchamps,  Versailles.     She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage 
at  the  Comedie  Frangaise,  when  she  was  eighteen  years  old,  as  Iphigenie. 
After  appearing  at  the  Gynmase,  Porte  St.  Martin  and  Odeon  theatres  she  returned 
to   the   Comedie   Franchise   in    1872   and   was   nominated   a   "societaire"   in   1875. 
When  she  left  the  Comedie  to  make  her  first  visit  to  America  and  England  she 
was  fined  $20,000.     She  made  her  first  appearance  in  America  in  1880.     Return- 
ing to  Paris  the  following  year,  she  became  director  of  the  Theatre  Ambigu.     In 
1882  she  was  married  to  M.  Damala.     She  bought  the  Porte  St.  Martin  in  1883 
and  made  many  noted  productions  there.     Her  next  visit  to  America  was  in  1886. 
From  1887  to  1893  she  played  at  the  Porte  St.  Martin,  and  then  assumed  director- 
ship of  the  Renaissance,  where  many  of  her  greatest  successes  were  made.     In  1898 
she  bought  the  old  Theatre  des  Xations,  which  she  renamed  the  Theatre  Sarah 
Bernhardt. 

Her  most  recent  visit  to  this  country  was  in  the  season  of  1905-'06.  when  she 
toured  under  the  management  of  the  Shuberts,  after  a  brilliant  engagement  at 
the  Lyric  Theatre,  Xew  York.  She  played  farewell  performances  there  June  12 
and  13,  1906,  appearing  in  "Hamlet,"  "Frou-Frou,"  "Camille"  and  "L'Aiglon." 
During  her  tour  Madame  Bernhardt  frequently  played  under  a  huge  tent,  on  account 
of  the  war  between  rival  managerial  organizations. 

Madame  Bernhardt,  besides  being  a  painter  and  sculptor  of  recognized  ability, 
has  written  many  books  and  magazine  articles  and  produced  a  play,  "L'Aveu," 
written  by  herself,  at  the  Odeon  Theatre,  Paris,  in  1888.  Her  home  address  is 
Boulevard  Pereire,  5,  Paris. 


BEVERIDGE,  J.  D.,  actor,  was  born  in  Dublin  in  1844,  his  father  being 
a  civil  engineer.     A  clerkship  in  his  father's  firm  not  suiting  him,  he  ran 
away  at  the  age  of  sixteen  and  joined   a  travelling  theatrical   company, 
making  his  first  appearance  at  Oldham,  in  Lancashire,  England.     After  a 
few  years  of  "barnstorming"  he  obtained  an  engagement  at  the  Adelphi  Theatre, 
making  his  first   London   appearance  in   "Lost  at   Sea,"  in   1869.     For  years  he 
played  leads  in  English  provincial  companies,  principally  in  the  Robertson  come- 
dies.    His   Pygmalion,  in   "Pygmalion   and   Galatea,"   attracted   attention   at  this 

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MISS     HELEN     BERTRAM. 

(Photograph  by  Sarony. ) 


time.  Again  returning  to  the  Adelphi  for  the  production  of  ''Taken  from  Life,"  in 
1881,  he  remained  there,  under  the  management  of  the  Gattis.  until  1897,  playing 
heavies  in  the  long  series  of  Adelphi  melodramas,  and  becoming  the  leading 
exponent  of  stage  villany  on  the  English  stage.  Afterward  Mr.  Beveridge  created 
the  part  of  the  Professor,  in  "Old  Heidelberg,"  at  the  St.  James's  Theatre,  and 
appeared  in  "The  Country  House,"  at  the  Prince  of  Wales's,  in  1903. 

Mr.  Beveridge  came  to  this  country,  under  the  management  of  Charles  Froh- 
man,  in  1904.  The  season  of  1905-'06  he  played  in  "Man  and  Superman,"  sup- 
porting Robert  Lcraine. 


BERTRAM,  MISS  HELEN  (MRS.  E.  J.  MORGAN),  comic  opera 
prima  donna,  was  born  Lulu  May  Burt,  in  Tuscola.  111.,  in  1869.  She 
made  her  first  histrionic  effort  when  a  child  of  four,  being  held  on  a  table 
to  speak  a  piece  in  the  arms  of  Mrs.  Joseph  G.  Cannon,  wife  of  the  present 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives.  She  was  educated  in  Indianapolis,  and 
studied  music  there  and  at  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Music.  Having  had  some 
experience  as  an  amateur  with  the  Lyra  Musical  Society,  Miss  Bertram  made  her 
first  New  York  appearance  at  the  old  Madison  Square  Garden  as  Josephine,  in 
"Pinafore,"  a  part  she  played  "one  consecutive  week/'  She  was  then  engaged  by 
the  Emma  Abbott  Opera  Company  and  played  Filina,  in  "Mignon,"  in  1888.  She 
then  went  under  the  management  of  J.  C.  Duff,  appearing  in  a  large  repertoire  of 
light  operas.  During  this  engagement  she  was  married  to  Signor  Tommasi,  the 
musical  director  of  the  company.  A  divorce  followed  a  few  years  later. 

After  singing  many  prima  donna  parts  with  the  McCaull  Opera  Company,  Miss 
Bertram  became  a  member  of  Henry  E.  Abbey's  English  Opera  Company.  In  1893 
she  was  married  to  the  late  E.  J.  Henley,  a  well  known  actor.  She  had  one  child 
by  him,  Eosina  Henley,  born  in  189-L  Mr.  Henley  died  a  few  years  after  the  mar- 
riage. After  being  prima  donna  with  the  Bostonians,  Miss  Bertram  joined  the  Carl 
Rosa  Opera  Company,  and  at  the  Covent  Garden  Theatre,  London,  sang  Santuzza, 
in  "Cavalleria  Rusticana" ;  Arline,  in  "The  Bohemian  Girl,"  and  Nedda,  in 
"I  Pagliacci." 

Miss  Bertram  was  in  the  original  casts  of  "The  Tar  and  the  Tartar,"  "Foxy 
Quiller,"  "Peggy  from  Paris,"  "A  War  Time  Wedding"  and  "La  Basoche"  (in  this 
country).  She  has  also  played  prima  donna  roles  in  "Clover,"  "The  Black 
Hussar,"  "Amorita,"  "Miss  Helyett,"  "The  Prince  of  Pilsen."  "The  Serenade," 
"Robin  Hood"  and  "Prince  Annanias."  The  season  of  1905-'06  she  created  the 
part  of  Jack  Homer,  in  "The  Gingerbread  Man,"  under  the  management  of  Bra  den 
&  Peters. 

At  the  death  of  Mr.  Henley  Miss  Bertram  became  the  wife  of  E.  J.  Morgan,  a 
popular  actor,  who  died  early  in  1906. 


BINGHAM,  MISS  AMELIA  (MRS.  LLOYD  BINGHAM),  actress. 
was  born  in  Hicksville,  Ohio,  her  maiden  name  being  Smiley.     She  was 
educated  at  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University.     Her  first  stage  appearance 
was  with  McKee  Rankin  in  a  tour  of  the  Pacific  Coast.     She  made  her 
first  appearance  in  New  York  at  the  People's  Theatre,  on  the  Bowery,  in  a  melo- 
drama, "The  Struggle  of  Life."     Her  next  engagement  was  at  Niblo's  Garden, 
New  York,  in  "The  Power  of  Gold,"  another  melodrama.     After  playing  in  "The 
Village  Postmaster,"  at  the  Fourteenth   Street  Theatre,  and  in  "Captain  Impu- 
dence" and  revivals  of  the  Boucicanlt  dramas,  at  the  American  Theatre,  she  was 

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engaged  by  Charles  Frohman  for  his  production  of  "The  White  Heather,"  at  the 
Academy  of  Music.  She  afterward  appeared  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  in 
"On  and  Off"  and  "The  Proper  Caper."  and  at  Wallack's,  in  "At  the  White  Horse 
Tavern"  and  "The  Cuckoo."  She  succeeded  Jessie  Millward  as  leading  woman  in 
"His  Excellency  the  Governor,"  at  the  Empire  Theatre.  The  season  of  1899-1900 
she  appeared  in  the  melodrama  "Hearts  Are  Trumps,"  played  with  the  George 
Holland  Stock  Company  at  the  Girard  Avenue  Theatre,  Philadelphia;  in  "Xature," 
at  the  Academy  of  Music,  New  York;  in  "The  Capitol,"  at  the  Standard,  New 
York,  in  1895,  and  at  the  Herald  Square,  Xew  York,  with  the  Mordaunt  and  Block 
Stock  Company  in  1898. 

In  1900  Miss  Bingham  went  to  London,  and  there  saw  women  acting  in  and 
managing  their  own  companies.  She  returned  to  Xew  York  determined  to  emulate 
them,  organized  her  own  company,  accepted  a  play  from  Clyde  Fitch,  and  on  January 
15,  1901,  gave  the  first  performance  of  her  stock  company  at  the  Bijou  Theatre, 
New  York,  with  "The  Climbers,"  she  herself  being  in  one  of  the  principal  roles. 
The  play  proved  a  great  success.  Since  then  she  has  produced  a  number  of  plays, 
chief  among  them  being  "A  Modern  Magdalen"  and  "The  Frisky  Mrs.  Johnson." 

Miss  Bingham's  home  is  at  Xo.  41  East  31st  street,  Xew  York. 


BISPHAM,  DAVID,  grand  opera  baritone,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  on 
January  5.  1857.  His  parents  were  of  Quaker  stock,  their  forbears  having 
been  among  those  who  came  to  America  with  William  Penn.  One  of  them, 
Nicholas  Scull,  surveyed  and  laid  out  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  Mr. 
Bisphfl  m's  father  was  a  well  known  lawyer  and  music  lover  who  played  the  flute 
and  sang  in  the  choir  of  his  church,  and  his  son  not  only  inherited  his  taste  for 
music,  but  lived  in  its  atmosphere.  One  of  the  pleasures  of  his  early  boyhood  days 
was  to  accompanv  his  father's  flute  on  the  guitar.  On  leaving  Haverford  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1876  and  where  he  had  been  the  leader  of  the 
Glee  Club,  David  Bispham  entered  business  as  a  wool  merchant.  He  still  studied 
music,  however,  and  as  a  member  of  the  Orpheus  Club  and  the  Oratorio  Society 
became  well  known  in  the  amateur  musical  life  of  the  city.  He  was  also  the  solo 
basso  and  leader  of  the  boy  choir  of  St.  Mark's  Church.  In  1885  he  married  Miss 
Caroline  Russell,  the  daughter  of  General  Charles  Russell,  and  Avent  abroad.  He 
had  long  cherished  an  ambition  to  become  a  grand  opera  star,  and  when  he  reached 
Italy  he  at  once  began  to  fit  himself  for  such  a  career.  He  studied  under  Yan- 
nuccini,  in  Florence,  and  Lamperti,  in  Milan,  meanwhile  singing  in  churches 
and  at  concerts  in  Florence,  Bologna  and  Milan.  In  1889  he  went  to  London, 
where  for  two  years  he  continued  concert  singing  and  appeared  in  amateur  grand 
opera  performances.  He  made  his  grand  opera  stage  debut  on  Xovember  3.  1891, 
at  the  Royal  English  Opera,  appearing  as  the  Due  de  Longueville,  in  Messagers 
"Basoche."  At  the  end  of  this  engagement  he  was  at  once  taken  into  the  Covent 
Garden  company  by  Sir  Augustus  Harris.  There,  in  the  summer  of  1892,  he  first 
appeared  as  Kurvenal,  in  "Tristan  und  Isolde."  He  sang  at  Covent  Garden  for 
the  next  five  years,  appearing  in  some  twenty-five  roles  in  French.  German  and 
Italian  opera.  In  1897  he  was  engaged  by  Maurice  Grau  to  sing  in  Xew  York 
with  the  Metropolitan  Opera  company,  which  included  the  De  Reszkes,  Plangon, 
Campanari.  Madame  Melba  and  Madame  Eames.  Mr.  Bispham  has  won  his 
greatest  laurels  in  his  native  land  in  Wagnerian  roles,  his  Kurrenal,  Telramund 
and  Beckmesser  especially  calling  forth  the  admiration  of  the  public  and  the  critics. 
Of  late  years  he  has  lived  principally  abroad  and  devoted  himself  to  concert  singing, 
although  making  occasional  trips  to  the  United  States  to  appear  in  song  recitals. 

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BLANK V,  HARRY  CLAY,  actor,  chiefly  in  melodrama,  was  born  in 
Columbus,  Ohio,  December,  187-L  At  the  age  of  ten  he  had  gained  a  local 
reputation  as  a  boy  actor,  mimic  and  gymnast,  and  had  appeared  at  many 
entertainments,  his  gains  from  which  helped  to  support  himself,  his  mother 
and  his  brother,  who  had  been  left  almost  penniless  at  the  death  of  Mr.  Blaney, 
at  one  time  a  wealthy  merchant  of  Cincinnati  and  Columbus.  Harry  Blaney 
always  dates  his  career  from  the  Sunday  morning  on  which  he  entertained  the 
prisoners  of  the  Ohio  State  Penitentiary  in  the  chapel  of  the  prison.  Thereafter 
he  entertained  them  frequently  and  so  endeared  himself  to  them  that  on  Christmas 
morning,  1886,  they  gave  him  a  gold  watch  and  $40.  this  sum  becoming  his  first 
bank  account.  His  first  stage  engagement  was  with  Elmer  Vance,  in  "The  Limited 
Mail."  For  several  seasons  afterward  Mr.  Blaney  played  in  musical  comedies  and 
extravaganzas,  in  some  of  which  he  received  training  at  the  hands  of  Ben  Teal. 
"Across  the  Pacific"  and  "The  Boy  Behind  the  Gun,"  in  which  he  has  increased 
his  reputation  as  one  of  the  most  popular  gallery  favorites,  are  representative  melo- 
dramas of  the  kind  which  have  made  him  a  wealthy  man,  most  of  which  have  been 
written  by  his  brother.  Charles  E.  Blaney.  Harry  Blaney  married,  in  November, 
1903,  Miss  Kitty  Wolfe.  His  summer  home  is  at  Centre  Moriches.  Long  Island, 
where  he  has  a  number  of  speedy  road  horses  and  Shetland  ponies. 


BLAUVELT,    MISS    LILLIAN    EVANS     (MRS.    WILLIAM     F. 
PENDLETON),  grand  and  light  opera  prima  donna,  was  born  in  Brook- 
lyn, March  16,  1873,  her  ancestors  being  Welsh  and  Dutch.     She  was  edu- 
cated at  the  public  schools  and  began  the  study  of  music  when  she  was 
five  years  old.     She  played  the  violin  in  public  at  the  age  of  seven,  and  at  fifteen  years 
began  to  study  singing  at  the  National  Conservatory  of  Music,  New  York,  under 
Jacques  Bouhy.     While  still  very  young  Miss  Blauvelt  was  married  to  Royal  Stone 
Smith,  son   of  Judge   Fayette   Smith,   of   Ohio.     Mr.   Smith   was   a   church   choir 
singer,  and  when  M.  Bouhy  went  to  Europe  the  Smiths  followed,  so  that  Mrs.  Smith 
might  continue  her  studies  with  him  in  Paris. 

Miss  Blauvelt  sang  at  concerts  in  Paris  and  Belgium,  and  later  in  Moscow, 
where  she  studied  under  Eubinstein  for  the  lyric  stage.  She  made  her  first  appear- 
ance in  opera  at  the  Theatre  de  la  Monnaie,  Brussels,  as  Mirelle.  Returning  to 
this  country,  Miss  Blauvelt  sang  at  concerts  under  Seidl,  Thomas  and  Damrosch. 
In  1897  Miss  Blauvelt  obtained  a  divorce  from  her  husband.  In  1898  she  sang 
before  Queen  Margherita  of  Italy,  and  the  following  year  before  Queen  Victoria. 
In  February,  1899,  she  was  married  to  William  F.  Pendleton.  of  New  York.  In 
1901  she  received  the  decoration  of  the  Order  of  St.  Cecilia,  at  Rome,  being  the 
only  woman  to  be  so  honored.  In  1902  she  sang  at  Covent  Garden,  London, 
making  successes  as  Marguerite,  Micaela,  Juliet  and  Zerlina.  The  season  of  1905 
she  went  into  light  opera,  appearing  as  star  in  "The  Rose  of  the  Alhambra,"  under 
the  management  of  F.  C.  Whitney.  Miss  Blauvelt's  home  is  No.  632  Kenmore 
Place.  Brooklyn.  X.  Y. 


BLINN,  HOLBROOK,  actor  and  stage  director,  was  born  in  California, 
his  father.  Colonel  Charles  H.  Blinn,  being  one  of  the  veterans  of  the  Civil 
War,  and  his  mother,  known  on  the  stage  as  Miss  Nellie  Holbrook,  one  of 
the  leading  women  of  the  American  stage.     She  was  one  of  the  few  women 
to  play  Hamlet,  a  character  in  which  she  appeared  before  a  New  York  audience, 
and  gained  fame  as  a  stump  speaker  for  the  Republican  party  in  the  Presidential 

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campaigns  of  1876,  1880  and  1884.  Holbrook  Blinn  left  Leland  Stanford  Uni- 
versity in  his  sophomore  year  as  the  result  of  differences  with  the  faculty  regarding 
articles  in  the  college  magazine,  "Palo  Alto."  which  he  originated  and  published. 
It  was  only  to  be  expected  that  he  would  find  his  life  work  on  the  stage,  for  which 
many  amateur  performances  and  his  mother's  training  had  fitted  him.  He  made 
his  first  appearance  with  Frank  Mayo,  in  "The  Streets  of  New  York,"  as  one  of 
the  ensemble,  in  1878,  at  the  age  of  six. 

His  real  debut  was  made  at  a  benefit  for  Robert  M.  Eberle  in  San  Francisco,  he 
playing  Gratiano.  in  "The  Merchant  of  Venice."  In  1902  he  was  engaged  by 
Joseph  Grismer  to  play  Jefferson  Gwynne,  in  "The  New  South."  He  remained 
with  Joseph  Grismer.  under  William  A.  Brady's  management,  for  a  year  and  a 
half,  touring  the  entire  country.  A  year  afterward  he  organized  a  company  and 
took  it  to  Alaska,  playing  the  entire  Pacific  Coast  on  the  way.  This  was  the  first 
dramatic  company  that  had  been  to  Alaska.  At  the  end  of  this  venture  he  joined 
Miss  Effie  Ellsler  as  leading  man,  playing  such  parts  as  Romeo.  Orlando  and 
Armand  Duval.  His  next  engagement  was  with  Roland  Reed  for  one  season. 

At  the  end  of  this  season  Mr.  Blinn  worked  with  Chester  Bailey  Fernald  on 
"The  Cat  and  the  Cherub/'  which  was  first  produced  at  Hammerstein's  Olympia 
in  New  York  in  1897.  and  later  was  taken  to  London  under  the  management  of 
William  A.  Brady  and  Mr.  Blinn,  where  it  ran  for  nearly  a  year  at  the  Lyric 
Theatre. 

Mr.  Blinn's  next  engagement  was  with  Martin  Harvey,  under  whose  manage- 
ment he  created  the  dual  roles  of  Jean  and  Ernest  Defarge,  in  "The  Only  Way," 
and  the  Commendador,  in  "Don  Juan's  Last  Wager."  at  the  same  time  being  the 
stage  director.  After  appearing  in  "Ib  and  Little  Christina"  in  London,  and  at 
the  Madison  Square  Theatre  in  1900,  Mr.  Blinn  appeared  with  Miss  Marie  Bur- 
roughs in  a  dramatization  of  "The  Battle  of  the  Strong,"  and  as  Lord  Carnal,  in 
"To  Have  and  to  Hold"  at  the  Knickerbocker  Theatre,  New  York.  He  then  went 
to  London  to  originate  a  part  in  "Sweet  and  Twenty,"  and  stayed  there  for  a  special 
engagement  with  Miss  Olga  Xethersole  at  the  Adelphi  Theatre  and  to  play  Jaques 
in  a  revival  of  "As  You  Like  It." 

Mr.  Blinn  was  then  engaged  to  play  Napoleon  in  George  Edwardes's  production 
of  "The  Duchess  of  Dantzic."  a  role  in  which  he  made  a  marked  success  in  London 
and  in  this  country.  After  playing  the  part  two  years  and  a  half  he  created  in 
New  York  the  role  of  Austin  Stoneman,  in  "The  Clansman,"  at  the  Liberty 
Theatre.  He  then  joined  forces  with  Edward  A.  Braden  to  produce  and  play  in 
"The  Plainsman."  and  is  now  general  stage  director  and  play  reader  for  Mr.  Braden. 


LOCK,  SHERIDAN,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston,  and  was  graduated  from 
Boston  LTniversity.  His  first  engagement  as  an  actor  was  with  Daniel 
Frohman.  in  the  role  of  Dave  Hardy,  in  "Esmeralda."  Since  then  he  has 
played  many  leading  parts,  such  as  Colonel  Prescott,  in  "Held  by  the 
Enemy";  Count  Musso  Danella.  in  "Mr.  Barnes  of  New  York";  George  Deshamel, 
in  "Article  47,"  with  Maud  Granger:  Sartorys,  in  "Frou  Frou,"  and  Armand,  in 
"Camille."  He  was  jointly  featured  with  Emily  Rigl  and  Joseph  Haworth  in 
"The  Crust  of  Society."  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  and  appeared 
with  the  late  E.  J.  Henley,  in  "Captain  Paul."  at  the  opening  of  the  Castle  Square 
Theatre,  Boston.  He  was  in  the  original  production  of  "Darkest  Russia."  and  for 
«!ome  time  played  leading  parts  with  the  Boston  Museum  stock  company. 


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BLOSSOM,  HENRY  MARTYN,  JR.,  playwright,  was  born  in  St.  Louis, 
May  10,  1866,  and  was  educated  at  the  Stoddard  School.    Before  taking  to 
literary  pursuits  Mr.  Blossom  was  in  the  insurance  business.     His  first  con- 
spicuous success  was  his  unique  story,  "The  Documents  in  Evidence/"      His 
second  was  the  novel  "Checkers,"  which  he  dramatized  and  produced  with  remark- 
able success  under  the  management  of  the  late  Kirke  La  Shelle.    Scarcely  less  suc- 
cessful was  Mr.  Blossom's  book  of  "The  Yankee  Consul,"  a  musical  comedy  pro- 
duced by  H.  W.  Savage,  with  Raymond  Hitchcock  in  the  principal  part.    He  is  also 
the  author  of  "Mile.  Modiste,"  Miss  Fritzi  Scheff's  successful  comic  opera,  and  "The 
Red  Mill,"  in  which  C.  B.  Dillingham  starred  Montgomery  and  Stone  in  the  190G 
fall  season.     Mr.  Blossom  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs  and  The  Players.     His  New 
York  address  is  No.  23  West  30th  street. 


BOND,  FREDERICK,  actor,  began  his  career  as  a  call  boy  at  Wallack's 
old  theatre,  13th  street  aid  Broadway,  New  York,  in  1878.     He  afterward 
occupied  a  similar  place  with  the  stock  company  at  Abbey's  Park  Theatre. 
After  a  time  he  was  intrusted  with  utility  parts,  and  after  a  season  or  two 
of  barnstorming  he  joined  Sol  Smith  Russell's  company,  playing  the  role  of  the 
Tramp  in  "Edgeworth  Folks."     It  was  during  an  engagement  in  San  Francisco  with 
this  play  in  1884  that  Mr.  Bond  attracted  the  attentioi  of  the  late  Augustin  Daly, 
who  engaged  him  for  his  stock  company,  with  which  Mr.  Bond  remained  seven  years. 
Last  season  he  was  one  of  the  cast  of  "The  Social  Whirl,"  which  had  an  all  summer 
run  at  the  Casino,  New  York. 


BOUCICAULT,  AUBREY,  actor,  was  born  in  London  in  1868,  being  the 
second  son  of  the  late  Dion  Boucicault.  He  made  his  first  appearance  on 
the  stage  at  Toole's  Theatre,  London,  in  1888,  and  the  following  year  was 
at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  under  the  management  of  Charles  Wyndham, 
where  he  played  in  the  original  production  of  "Betsy."  He  was  in  the  cast  of 
"Caprice,"  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  in  1889,  and  in  a  revival  of  Bronson  Howard's 
"Truth,"  at  the  Criterion  in  1890.  The  same  year  he  came  to  this  country  and 
made  his  first  New  York  appearance  in  "The  English  Rose"  at  Proctor's  Twenty- 
third  Street  Theatre.  Several  engagements  in  comedy  parts  followed,  the  one  which 
attracted  the  most  attention  being  that  in  support  of  Miss  Camille  D'Arville,  in 
Stange  and  Edwards's  "Madeline;  or,  The  Magic  Kiss."  Mr.  Boucicault  has 
also  starred  in  the  parts  played  by  his  father  in  his  own  famous  Irish  plays,  and 
supported  Otis  Skinner  in  "Francesca  Di  Rimini."  The  season  of  1905-'06  Mr. 
Boucicault  appeared  in  "The  Prodigal  Son,"  "The  Vanderbilt  Cup"  and  "Arms  and 
the  Man/'  in  which  he  played  Ma^or  Sergius  Saranoff,  with  Arnold  Daly,  at  the 
Lyric  Theatre,  New  York.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  America  Mr.  Boucicault 
married  Miss  Amy  Busby,  an  actress,  from  whom  he  was  divorced  in  1895. 


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RADEN,  EDWARD  ALLEN,  manager,  was  bora  January  21,  1863,  in 
Shelby  County,  Ohio,  his  parents  having  emigrated  from  Virginia  shortly 
before  his  birth.  It  was  intended  that  young  Braden  should  take  the  min- 
istry for  his  life  work,  and  after  finishing  his  school  education  in  Ohio  he 
was  sent  to  New  York  to  take  a  course  in  theology.  There  he  became  interested  in 
the  stage,  and  after  a  few  months  joined  the  Agnes  Wallace  Villa  company,  a  reper- 
toire organization,  playing  the  smaller  towns.  Mr.  Braden's  first  appearance  as  an 

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actor  was  made  at  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y.,  when  he  played  the  part  of  the  old  doctor  in 
"Miss  Moulton"  and  Buttoni  in  the  burlesque  of  "Cinderella"  in  one  bill.  For  the 
next  five  years  Mr.  Braden  was  an  actor,  his  stage  name  being  Brooks. 

In  1883  Mr.  Braden  accepted  a  place  in  the  general  offices  of  one  of  the  big  rail- 
roads in  an  executive  capacity,  which  he  resigned  six  years  later  to  assume  the  man- 
agement of  "The  Little  Nugget."  Prominent  in  this  company  at  that  time  were 
Oscar  and  Josie  Sisson  and  Herbert  and  Joe  Cawthorne.  During  the  prosperous  part 
of  the  career  of  the  Jacobs-Proctor  Circuit  Mr.  Braden  became  well  known  as  a 
producing  manager  of  popular  priced  attractions.  In  1896  he  took  the  management 
of  Proctor's  International  Vaudeville  Company,  and  later  he  was  the  manager  for 
three  years  of  the  Eays  in  "A  Hot  Old  Time." 

In  1901  Mr.  Braden  joined  the  forces  of  Henry  W.  Savage  in  a  general  capacity, 
remaining  with  them  until  1905,  when  he  started  in  business  for  himself.  Within 
the  short  space  of  twelve  months  Mr.  Braden  organized  and  put  in  active  operation 
one  of  the  most  important  theatrical  concerns  in  the  country.  The  season  of  1906 
he  owned  seven  attractions.  They  were  "The  Gingerbread  Man"  (two  companies), 
"Man  and  His  Angel,"  "On  Parole,"  "Barabbas,"  "Amos  Judd"  and  "The  Turn 
of  the  Tide."  His  business  address  is  Knickerbocker  Theatre  Building,  1402  Broad- 
way, New  York. 


B  REESE,  EDMUND,  actor,  was  born  in  Brooklyn.  He  made  his  first 
stage  appearance  as  the  leading  man  of  a  repertoire  company  in  the  West 
in  1892.  In  1896  he  was  engaged  by  Madame  Rhea  to  play  the  heavy  parts 
in  the  romantic  dramas  in  which  she  made  so  many  successful  tours,  and 
soon  became  her  leading  man.  While  in  her  company  he  played  the  roles  of 
Napoleon,  in  "Josephine";  Lord  Lester,  in  "Mary  Stuart";  Sartorys,  in  "Frou 
Frou";  Benedick,  in  "Much  Ado  About  Nothing";  Chysos,  in  "Pygmalion  and 
Galatea,"  and  Shylock,  in  "The  Merchant  of  Venice."  In  1898  he  joined  James 
O'Neill's  company,  supporting  him  in  such  roles  as  Albert  and  Nortier,  in  "The 
Count  of  Monte  Cristo";  Appius,  in  "Virginius,"  and  Grebauval,,  in  "When  Greek 
Meets  Greek."  He  was  next  engaged  by  Liebler  &  Co.  to  play  Rochefort  in  "The 
Three  Musketeers,"  in  which  he  earned  hearty  commendation.  In  1906  he  made  one 
of  the  chief  successes  of  his  career  as  John  Burkett  Ryder,  in  Charles  Klein's  "The 
Lion  and  the  Mouse,"  which  ran  more  than  three  hundred  nights  at  the  Lyceum 
Theatre,  and  was  taken  to  London,  where  it  failed,  by  a  second  company,  of  which 
he  was  a  member. 


BOWLEY,  MISS  FLORA  JULIET,  actress,  was  born  in  San  Francisco. 
She  is  a  sister  of  Captain  Bowley,  of  the  United  States  Army,  who  is  now 
an  inspector  at  West  Point.     Miss  Bowley  was  educated  at  Smith  College. 
Northampton,  Mass.,  and  there  her  elocutionary  work  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  James  K.  Hackett,  who  gave  her  her  first  professional  engagement  to  speak 
a  few  lines  in  "The  Fortunes  of  the  King."     She  also  understudied  Mary  Man- 
nering,   and   eventually   succeeded   to   the  leading   woman's   part.     The  season   of 
1905-'06  Miss  Bowley  played  Kate  Roberts,  in  the  No.  2  "The  Lion  and  the  Mouse" 
company,  so  successfully  that  in  the  fall  of  1906  she  was  selected  to  play  Shirley 
Rossmore,  the  leading  woman's  part,  succeeding  Grace  Elliston  in  the  New  York 
company,  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre. 


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BRADY,  W.  A.,  manager,  was  born  in  San  Francisco  in  1805.     His  father 
was  Tfcrence  A.  Brady,  an  authority  on  the   Roman  Catholic  Church  and 
the  founder  and  editor  of  "The  Monitor,"  the  chief  organ  of  that  faith  on 
the  Pacific  Coast.     In  1869  his  father  joined  the  editorial  staff  of  "The 
New  York  Herald.'*'     In  his  teens  W.  A.  Brady  established  a  bulletin  and  messenger 
service,  of  which  he  had  a  monopoly,  for  the  big  sporting  events  in  Xew  York. 
Finding  himself  penniless  in  Omaha  in  1882.  after  iiis  father's  death,  lie  became  a 
Southern  Pacific  railroad  train  boy.     While  in  San  Francisco  one  day  he  went  to 
the  California  Theatre,  and,  telling  Bartley  Campbell  that  he  was  an  actor,  got  a 
place  in  "The  White  Slave."     Max  Freeman,  the  stage  manager,  recognized  him  as 
the  train  boy  and  discharged  him  as  an  actor  to  hire  him  as  a  call  boy  at  $7  a  week. 
Two  weeks  later  Brady,  on  the  illness  of  William   H.  Thompson,  took  his  place  as 

Natchez  Jim  in  the  play.  Two  weeks  later 
he  was  made  assistant  stage  manager,  and  he 
finally  succeeded  Freeman  as  stage  manager. 
As  such  he  prompted  Edwin  Booth,  Lawrence 
Barrett,  the  elder  Salvini.  Rossi,  Modjeska, 
W.  E.  Sheridan  and  other  famous  actors  on 
their  visits  to  'Frisco. 

Brady  sent  out  his  first  company  in  1888 
in  a  repertoire  of  fifteen  plays,  some  pirated., 
including  "She,"  dramatized  from  the  novel 
by  Brady  himself.  He  made  $65,000  out  of 
the  play  in  one  season.  He  bought  "After 
Dark"  from  Dion  Boucicault  in  1890  for 
$600,  starred  in  it  as  Old  Tom,  and  cleared 
$60,000  the  first  season.  Then  he  put  James 
J.  Corbett  in  the  cast  and  made  $100,000  in 
another  season,  before  the  latter  wrested  the 
prize  ring  championship  from  John  L.  Sulli- 
van. He  produced  "The  Cotton  King," 

"Humanity"  and  "Old  Glory,"  and  obtained  the  rights  to  "Trilby"  outside  of  New- 
York  and  Chicago  and  sent  it  to  Australia.  He  also  produced  "Xero,"  with  Wilton 
Lackaye,  at  this  time.  He  leased  the  Standard  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  1896,  called 
it  the  Manhattan  and  produced  there  "The  Turtle."  "Mile.  Fifi,"  "The  Manicure," 
"The  Weather  Hen."  "Women  and  Wine"  and  "'Way  Down  East."  This  play, 
which  is  still  popular,  netted  Brady  more  than  $500,000.  In  1899  he  married 
Grace  George,  and  in  1900  he  starred  her  in  the  younger  Dumas's  "Diane  de  Lys," 
called  "The  Countess  Chiffon,"  and  in  "Her  Majesty." 

In  1901  he  starred  her  in  "Under  Southern  Skies,"  in  1903,  in  "Pretty  Peggy," 
in  1905  in  "Abigail,"  and  in  1905-'06  in  "The  Marriage  of  William  Ashe."  In 
1901  he  made  an  all  star  revival  of  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  at  the  Academy  of  Music. 
New  York,  with  Wilton  Lackaye,  Mrs.  Annie  Yeamans  and  John  E.  Kellard  in  the 
company.  The  same  year  he  produced  Clyde  Fitch's  "Lovers'  Lane"  at  the  Man- 
hattan Theatre,  New  York,  and  "Foxy  Grandpa,"  which  ran  three  years.  He 
helped  stage  an  all  star  revival  of  "The  Two  Orphans"  at  the  Xew  Amsterdam 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  1904,  with  Miss  George  as  Louise,  and  staged  an  original- 
cast  revival  of  "Trilby"  at  the  same  theatre  in  1905.  In  1903  he  starred  Wilton 
Lackaye  in  a  dramatization  of  Frank  Norris's  novel  "The  Pit,"  and  in  1904  he 
produced  the  first  American  performance  of  Ibsen's  "Pillars  of  Society"  in  New 
York,  with  Wilton  Lackaye  as  the  star.  In  1901  he  also  produced  H.  A.  Du 
Souchet's  "Betsy  Ross"  in  Philadelphia.  Wilton  Lackaye's  "The  Law  and  the 

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Man/'  from  Victor  Hugo's  "Les  Miserables,"  and  Eupert  Hughes's  "The  Richest 
Girl  in  the  World"  were  two  of  his  productions  in  1906.  He  assumed  the  manage- 
ment of  Eobert  Mantell  in  1905  and  restored  him  to  the  Broadway  theatres  in 
Shakespearian  repertoire.  He  revived  "King  Lear/'  in  which  Brady  had  acted 
the  Fool  with  Sheridan  in  'Frisco,  in  1905.  He  produced  the  Rev.  John  Snyder's 
"As  Ye  Sow"  in  Boston  in  1905.  He  re-leased  the  Manhattan  Theatre  in  1906. 
He  is  the  manager  of  Wright  Lorimer,  Al  Leech  and  Carrie  De  Mar,  and  managed 
De  Wolf  Hopper  in  1904-'05  in  a  revival  of  "Wang."  Mr.  Brady's  activities  are  not 
limited  to  the  theatre.  He  has  been  one  of  the  cfiief  figures  in  the  development  of 
the  new  Coney  Island,  has  been  the  promoter  of  many  big  sporting  events  at  Madison 
Square  Garden,  has  managed  many  champion  pugilists,  and  has  large  real  estate 
interests. 


BRATTON,  JOHN  WALTER,  composer,  was  born  in  Wilmington,  Del., 
January  21,  1867,  being  the  son  of  John  F.  and  Emma  Bratton.     He  was 
educated  at  the  public  schools  of  Wilmington,  and  then  became  a  student 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Music.     Mr.  Bratton  has  supplied  the  music 
to  several  musical  comedies,  including  "The  Man  from  China,"  book  by  Paul  West, 
which  was  produced  in  Chicago  in  1904  and  had  a  run  at  the  Majestic  Theatre, 
New  York.     He  has  also  more  than  two  hundred  popular  songs  to  his  credit,  the  hest 
known  of  which  are  "The  Sunshine  of  Paradise  Alley,"  "Henrietta,  Have  You  Met 
Her?"  "The  Same  Old  Way,"  "Isabella"  and  "In  a  Cosey  Corner."     Mr.  Bratton's 
home  is  at  No.  103  West  54th  street,  New  York.     He  is  a  member  of  the  Green 
Room  Club,  of  New  York. 


BURROUGHS,    MISS    MARIE    (MRS.    R.    B.    MACPHERSON), 
actress,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  in  1866,  her  maiden  name  being 
Lillie  Arrington.     When  only  seventeen  years  old  Miss  Arrington  had  won 
success  in  readings  and  recitals  at  private  gatherings  in  San  Francisco,  and 
at  one  of  these  Lawrence  Barrett  was  so  impressed  with  her  ability  that  he  tele- 
graphed A.  M.  Palmer  and  obtained  an  engagement  for  the  girl  in  "The  Rajah," 
which  was  being  played  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York.     On  the  arrival 
of  Miss  Burroughs  the  leading  woman  was  taken  ill.     The  novice  was  entrusted  with 
the  part  of  Gladys,  and  thus,  in  1884,  Miss  Burroughs  made  her  first  appearance  on 
the  stage  in  an  important  emotional  role.     Her  next  part  was  Irma,  in  "Alpine 
Roses."     After  that  she  was  entrusted  with  leading  parts  in  "Hazel  Kirke,"  "Esmer- 
alda,"  "After  the  Ball"  and  "Mrs.  Winthrop."     While  in  Xew  Orleans  Miss  Bur- 
roughs played  Zicka,  in  "Diplomacy,"  with  Wallaek's  company,  at  forty-eight  hours' 
notice,  in  place  of  Sophie  Eyre,  who  had  been  taken  suddenly  ill. 

Miss  Burroughs  then  played  Pauline  March,  in  "Called  Back,"  with  Robert 
Mantell  in  New  York,  and  with  A.  M.  Palmer's  company  at  the  Madison  Square 
Theatre  created  the  part  of  Queen  Guinevere,  in  "Elaine,"  with  Alexander  Salvini. 
She  also  played  Lettie,  in  "Saints  and  Sinners,"  during  this  engagement. 

Miss  Burroughs  went  to  London  in  1890  and  was  engaged  to  support  E.  S. 
Willard  on  his  American  tour,  opening  in  "The  Middleman,"  as  Mary  Blenkarn. 
Miss  Burroughs  subsequently  supported  Mr.  Willard  several  seasons,  playing  Vashti 
Dethic,  in  "Judah" ;  Edith  Ruddock,  in  "Wealth" ;  Kate  Norbury,  in  "John  Need- 
ham's  Double" ;  Lucy,  in  "The  Professor's  Love  Story,"  and  Ophelia,  in  "Hamlet." 
In  1890  Miss  Burroughs  became  the  wife  of  Louis  F.  Massen. 

In  1894  she  starred  in  Pinero's  "The  Profligate"  and  produced  "Romeo  and 

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Juliet"  and  "Leah."  In  1899  she  appeared  with  Stuart  liobson  in  "The  Meddler," 
and  she  was  also  his  leading  woman  in  "The  Gadfly."  She  also  starred  in  "The 
Battle  of  the  Strong"  in  1901. 

In  1901  Miss  Burroughs  was  married  to  Robert  Barclay  Macpherson,  of  Xew 
York.     Her  home  is  at  Xo.  261  West  93d  street,  Xew  York. 


BURT,   MISS  LAURA  (MRS.   HENRY   STANFORD),  actress,  was 
born  in  Ramsey,  Isle  of  Man.  near  England,  in  1SS2.     Her  father.  Cap- 
tain Brown  Burt,  was  an  Englishman,  horn  in  Bristol,  and  her  mother, 
Ann  Lloyd  Burt,  was  Welsh,  having  been  horn  in  Carnarvon.     Miss  Bnrt's 
first  pronounced  success  in  this  country  was  in  the  part  of  .June,  in  Paul  Arthur's 
play  "Blue  Jeans."     She  then  appeared  as  Madge,  in  "In  Old  Kentucky,"  a  part 
which  she  played  several  seasons  throughout  the  United  States  and   Canada  and 

also  for  a  season  in  England.  On  March  2, 
1902,  Miss  Burt  became  the  wife  of  Henry 
Stanford,  an  actor  in  Sir  Henry  Irving/s 
company.  The  marriage  took  place  in  Xew 
York,  and  .Miss  Burt,  joining  Sir  Henry's 
company,  played  Helen  of  Swabia,  in 

^•^      ^^^H  "Dante,"  throughout  the  run  at  the  Drury 

~^N^  Lane  Theatre,  London,  and  during  the  last 

tour   of   the   famous    English   actor    in   this 
' £  country. 

Among  many  parts  played  by  Miss  Burt. 
she  has  made  her  most  pronounced  successes 
as  Dolores,  in  "In  the  Palace  of  the  King"; 
as  Glory  Quayle,  in  "The  Christian";  as 
Juliet;  as  Portia,  in  "The  Merchant  of  Yen- 
ice'';  as  Rosalind,  in  "As  You  Like  It,"  and 
as  Camille.  The  season  of  1906-'07  Miss 
Burt,  jointly  with  her  husband,  starred  in 
"Dorothy  Yernon  of  Haddon  Hall."  under 

the  management  of  Ernest  Shipman.     Miss  Burt's  address  is  Xo.  301  St.  Xicholas 
avenue,  Xew  York.     She  is  a  life  member  of  the  Professional  Woman's  League. 


BAIRD,  DOROTHEA  (MRS.  H.  B.  IRVING),  actress,  the  daughter  of 
John  Foster  Baird,  barrister-at-law,  of  London,  England,  was  born  in  1ST5. 
After  experience  as  an  amateur,  she  was  selected  by  the  late  George  du 
Maurier,  author  of  "Trilby,"  to  create  the  title  part  in  the  iplay  of  that 
name,  principally  because  she  closely  resembled  his  sketches  of  the  heroine  of  his 
novel.    Thus  she  made  her  first  professional  appearance  as  Trilby  with  Beerbohm 
Tree  at  the  Hayrnarket  Theatre,  London,  in  1895,  and  was  at  once  accepted  as  an 
accomplished  actress.     In  1896  she  was  married  to  Henry  Brodribb  Irving,  elder 
son  of  the  late  Sir  Henry  Irving 

Miss  Baird  has  since  played  leading  parts  in  many  London  theatres,  the  most 
prominent  being  at  His  Majesty's  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,"  1900;  at  the 
Garrick  in  "The  Wedding  Guest,"  1901,  and  under  the  management  of  Charles 
Frohman,  at  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre,  as  Mrs.  Darling  in  "Peter  Pan,"  1904-5. 
Last  season  she  was  in  "Xero,"  at  His  Majesty's.  Her  London  address  is  Xo.  1 
Upper  Woburn  Place,  Tavistock  Square,  W.  C. 

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BUCKLEY,   MISS   MAY,  actress,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,   Cal.,  on 
December   15,   1880,   while  her  parents   were   visiting  in  that  city.     Her 
mother,  who  died  at  her  daughter's  birth,  was  of  English  and  her  father  of 
German  descent.     Miss  Buckley  spent  her  childhood  in  New  York,  where 
she  received  her  education.     Her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  was  as  a  child,  in 
"May  Blossom."  in  San  Francisco,  prior  to  her  coming  to  New  York.     The  late 
Dion  Boucicault.  who  was  a  friend  of  Miss  Buckley's  father,  was  instrumental  in 

getting  for  her  her  first  engagement  on  the 
professional  stage.  After  playing  in  Booth 
and  Barrett's  company  for  two  years,  Miss 
Buckley  appeared  in  "The  Burglar/'  and 
then  joined  the  stock  company  of  the  Al- 
cazar Theatre,  San  Francisco.  She  there, 
in  1897,  so  impressed  David  Belasco  by  her 
playing  of  the  leading  role  in  "The  First 
Born"  that  he  bought  the  play  and  engaged 
Miss  Buckley  to  star  in  it  in  New  York. 
Eoles  in  support  of  John  Drew  and  Annie 
Russell,  parts  in  "On  and  Off,"  "Hearts  Are 
Trumps,"  "Caleb  West,"  "The  Price  of 
Peace"  and  engagements  with  James  O'Neill, 

r"A  Japanese  Nightingale"  company.  Wright 
I  orimer's  "The  Shepherd  King"  company 
and  William  Collier's  "On  the  Quiet"  com- 
pany occupied  the  ensuing  seasons  until  the 
fall  of  1905,  when  Miss  Buckley  went  to  Lon- 
don. In  the  season  of  1906  she  played  with  Raymond  Hitchcock  in  "The  Galloper/' 
until  the  summer,  when  she  went  to  Denver,  Col.,  where  she  is  a  social  as  well  as  a 
stage  favorite,  to  fill  a  stock  engagement  at  Flitch's  Gardens.  Her  home  in  New 
York  is  at  No.  2  West  39th  street. 


BUOKSTOXE,  ROWLAND,  actor,  was  born  in  Sydenham,  near  London. 
England,  in  1861,  being  a  son  of  the  late  John  Baldwin  Buckstone,  for 
thirty  years  lessee  and  manager  of  the  Theatre  Royal,  Haymarket,  London, 
one  of  the  most  prolific  dramatic  authors  and  considered  the  most  popu- 
lar comedian  of  the  Victorian  era.     As  an  amateur  Rowland  Buckstone  made  his 
first   appearance,   at   the   age   of   nine,    as   Anna    Maria,   a  maid   servant,   in   the 
farce  "Ici   on  Parle  Franchise."     His  first  professional  appearance  was  with  his 
father  in  the  latter's  farewell  of  the  English  provinces  in  1877,  he  playing  char- 
acter parts  in  the  old  comedies.     He  afterward  was  with  the  Chippendales  from 
1878  to  1880,  playing  Tony  Lumpkin,  Bob  Acres,  Henry  Dove.  Benjamin  Bunter, 
Cousin  Joe,  Toby  Twinkle  and  Sir  Benjamin  Backbite.     His  first  appearance  in 
London  was  in  the  melodrama  "The  New  Babylon,"  at  the  Duke's  Theatre,  which 
was  destroyed  by  fire  at  the  height  of  the  drama's  successful  run. 

After  a  season  at  Sadler's  Wells  Theatre  with  the  late  Mrs.  Bateman,  appearing 
as  Dibbles,  in  his  father's  drama,  "The  Good  for  Nothing";  Box,  in  "Box  and  Cox"; 
Peter,  in  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  etc.,  he  went  to  the  old  Prince  of  Wales's  Theatre, 
and  for  two  consecutive  years,  from  1880  to  1882,  played  Basil  Girgione,  in  "The 
Colonel,"  without  being  once  out  of  the  cast.  This  was  considered  a  record  at  that 
time.  Mr.  Buckstone  then  supported  Fanny  Davenport,  in  "Pique";  the  late 
Dion  Boucicault,  in  "The  Colleen  Bawn,"  and  Mary  Anderson,  appearing  with  her 

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in  "Pygmalion  and  Galatea/'  "Ingomar,"  "The  Lady  of  Lyons"  and  "Comedy  and 
Tragedy."  His  next  appearance  was  as  Knickerbocker,  with  the  late  Fred  Leslie, 
in  the  comic  opera  "Rip  Van  Winkle."  He  then,  with  his  sister  Lucy,  produced 
"She  Stoops  to  Conquer." 

Mr.  Buckstone  came  to  America  in  1884.  appearing  as  Amminabad  Streyke,  in 
"The  Colonel,"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York.  He  then  made  a  long 
tour  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman,  playing  principal  comedy  parts 
in  "Lady  Clare/'  "Victor  Durand/'  "The  World/'  "The  Two  Orphans"  and 
"Esmeralda."  Returning  to  New  York,  Mr.  Buckstone  appeared  in  "The 
Enchantress"  and  with  the  McKeo  Rankin  stock  company.  In  1887  he  supported 
Clara  Morris,  and  the  same  year  appeared  with  Helen  Dauvray  as  Anatole  in  a 
revival  of  "The  Scrap  of  Paper."  Mr.  Buckstone  joined  E.  H.  Sothern  in  1887. 
and  has  been  with  him  ever  since,  a  period  of  nineteen  years,  which  is  probably 
the  longest  engagement  on  record.  He  created  the  parts  of  Col.  Sapt,  in 
"The  Prisoner  of  Zenda" ;  Col.  Jack  Dexter,  in  "The  Master  of  Woodbarrow" ; 
Tommy  Tucker,  in  "Lord  Chumley";  Daniel  Graham,  in  "The  Trap  to  Win  a 
Woman";  101,  in  "'Change  Alley" ;"  Jorkins,  in  "Captain  Lettarblair" ;  The  Mikel- 
mann,  in  "The  Sunken  Bell" ;  the  Executioner,  in  "The  Proud  Prince" ;  Guy  Lam- 
bert, in  "If  I  Were  King";  Laporte,  in  "The  Song  of  the  Sword,"  and  Michael 
Kelly,  in  "Sheridan."  In  the  Sothern-Marlowe  company  Mr.  Buckstone  plays 
Dogberry,  Sir  Toby  Belch,  Launcelot  Gobbo,  Peter,  the  First  Graved igger  and 
other  Shakespearian  comedy  parts.  Mr.  Buckstone  is  a  member  of  The  Players. 


BURKE,  MISS  BILLIE,  actress,  was  born  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  1886, 
her  father  and  mother,  William  E.   and  Blanche  Burke,  having  been  on 
the  stage.     She  was  educated  in  France,  where  she  studied  singing  and 
languages.     Most  of  her  professional  work  has  been  in  Europe.     She  first 
attracted  attention  while  singing  at  the  London  Pavilion.     Her  first  appearance  on 
the  legitimate  stage  was  in  the  pantomime  "Beauty  and  the  Beast,"  at  Glasgow, 
Scotland.     After  a  season  or  two  in  the   English  provinces  she  was  engaged  by 
George  Edwardes  for  the  part  of  Mamie  Rockefeller  in  "The  School  Girl."     During 
this,  her  first  London  engagement,  she  became  popular  by  her  singing  of  "My  Little 
Canoe."     She  played  Lizette,  in  "The  Duchess  of  Dantzic."  at  the  Lyric  Theatre, 
London,  and  Renee  in  the  touring  company.     In  the  season  of  1905  she  appeared 
in  "The  Blue  Moon,"  at  the  Lyric  Theatre,  London.     Her  principal  hobbies  are 
automobiling    and    horseback    riding.     Her    home    is    at    No.    34    Queen's    Road, 
London,  N.  W. 


BURNETT,    MRS.    FRANCES    HODGSON     (MRS.    STEPHEN 
TOWNSEND),  playwright,  was  born  Frances  Eliza  Hodgson,  at  Man- 
chester, England,   November  24,   1849.     When  she  was  sixteen  years  old 
her  family  came  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Knoxville.  Tenn.     Two 
years  later,  in  1867,  she  began  writing  for  magazines.     Miss  Hodgson  was  married 
to  Dr.  L.  M.  Burnett  in  1873,  and  they  made  their  home  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  in 
1875.     In  1898  Mrs.  Burnett  obtained  a  divorce,  and  in  1900  she  married  Stephen 
Townsend,    an    English    author.     Mrs.    Burnett's    first   novel    was    "That   Lass    o' 
Lowrie's,"  published  in  1877.     The  same  year  she  produced  "Dolly,  a  Love  Story," 
"Kathleen"  and  "Surly  Tim."     "Haworth's"  was  published  in  1879,  "Louisanna" 
in   1880.   "A  Fair  Barbarian"  in   1881,   "Little   Lord   Fauntleroy"  in   1886.   and 
"Editha's   Burglar"   in    1888.     Her  most   popular   plays  have  been   "Little   L^rd 

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Fauntleroy,"  "The  Showman's  Daughter,"  "Esmeralda,"  "The  First  Gentleman  of 
Europe,"  "Editha's  Burglar,"  "Xixie"  and  "A  Lady  of  Quality,"  written  in  collabo- 
ration with  Mr.  Townsend. 

Some  of  Mrs.  Burnett's  most  recent  novels  are  "In  Connection  with  the  Wil- 
loughby  Claim,"  1899:  "The  Making  of  a  Marchioness,"  1901,  and  "The  Little 
Unfairy  Princess,"  1902. 

Her  address  in  this  country  is  Xo.  IT  TO  Massachusetts  avenue,  Washington, 
D.  C.  Her  home  in  England  is  Maytham  Hall,  Eolvenden,  Kent. 


BYROX,  ARTHUR  WILLIAM,  actor,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  April  3, 
18T2.  being  the  son  of  Oliver,  a  well  known  actor,  and  Mary  Kate  (Crehan) 
Byron,  and  a  nephew  of  Ada  Eehan,  the  well  known  actress.     He  was 
educated  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Garden  City,  Long  Island,  and  made  his 
first  appearance  as  an  actor  Xovember  24,  1889. 

After  a  long  and  varied  experience  in  stock  and  other  companies,  Mr.  Byron 
gradually  climbed  the  ladder  until,  as  leading  man,  he  became  associated  with  the 
companies  of  John  Drew,  Mary  Mannering,  Amelia  Bingham,  Sol  Smith  Russell, 
Maxine  Elliott  and  Maude  Adams. 

The  season  of  190o-'06  Mr.  Byron  played  John  Burkett  Ryder  in  the  Western 
"The  Lion  and  the  Mouse"  company,  impersonating  throughout  a  long  run  in 
Chicago  the  character  created  by  Edmund  Breese  in  Xew  York,  a  part  in  which 
Oliver  Byron  replaced  his  son  in  the  fall  season  of  1906. 

Mr.  Byron  is  a  member  of  the  Xew  York  Athletic  Club,  The  Lambs  and  The 
Players.  His  home  is  at  Monmouth  Beach,  X.  J. 


BYRON,  OLIVER,  was  born  in  Maryland,  Xovember  14,  1842.  He  first 
appeared  on  the  stage  as  a  schoolboy,  in  "Xicholas  Xickleby,"  with  Joseph 
Jefferson  at  the  Holliday  Street  Theatre,  Baltimore,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  John  T.  Ford,  on  January  21,  1856.  He  played  boy  parts  with 
Charlotte  Cushman  and  other  stars,  and  was  for  two  seasons  with  the  old  Richmond 
Theatre  company,  Richmond,  Ya.,  with  Edwin  Adams  and  John  Wilkes  Booth. 
After  five  years  of  hard  study  he  became  a  leading  man,  supporting  Edwin  Booth 
and  acting  lago  and  Othello  alternately. 

He  supported  Charles  Dillon,  J.  H.  Hackett,  Laura  Keene  and  Mrs.  Scott 
Siddons,  as  Romeo,  Macbeth,  Ingomar  and  other  characters.  He  starred  in  18TO 
in  "Across  the  Continent."  and  in  the  next  thirty  years  played  leading  roles  in  all 
the  well  known  romantic  dramas. 

To  Mr.  Byron  the  stage  owes  the  first  appearance  of  Ada  Rehan.  It  was  in 
18T4  that,  a  member  of  his  "Across  the  Continent"  company  falling  ill  while  play- 
ing at  Xewark,  X.  J.,  he  called  her  in  to  play  the  part  of  the  absent  one.  She 
was  then  fourteen  years  old.  He  subsequently  sub-starred  her  at  Wood's  Museum 
in  "The  Thoroughbred"  and  in  "The  Rebel."  It  was  her  acting  in  these  plays 
that  first  attracted  the  attention  of  Augustin  Daly.  At  her  last  appearance  in  Xew 
York  Mr.  Byron  was  one  of  her  leading  supports. 

The  season  of  1905-'06  he  was  with  Henry  E.  Dixey  in  "The  Man  on  the  Box." 
The  season  of  1906-'OT  he  played  John  Biirkett  Ryder,  in  "The  Lion  and  the 
Mouse,"  under  the  management  of  Henry  B.  Harris. 

Mr.  Byron  married  in  1868  Mary  Kate  Crehan,  a  sister  of  Ada  Rehan,  the 
actress. 

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CAHILL,  MISS  MARIE  (MRS.  DANIEL  V.  ARTHUR),  comedienne, 
was  born  in  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.      Xone  of  her  relatives  were  connected  with  the 
stage,  and  she  had  had  no  experience  when  she  made  her  tir<t  appearance  in 
her  native  city,  at  the  little  theatre  where  Harley  Merry,  the  famous  scenic- 
artist,  was  conducting  a  stock  company.     Her  first   part   was  a  soubrette  role  in 
"Kathleen  Mavourneen,"  an  Irish  romantic  drama.     The  title  part   was  taken  by 
Nellie  Lingard,  a  niece  of  the  historian  and  essayist. 

The  first  musical  play  in  which  Miss  Cahill  took  part  was  Charles  Hoyt's  "A 
Tin  Soldier."  She  played  the  part  of  Patsy,  her  work  consisting  mostly  of  dancing. 
She  next  played  several  parts  in  the  productions  of  George  Lederer,  attracting  much 
attention  by  her  singing  of  such  songs  as  "Nancy  Brown"  and  "Under  the  Bamboo 
Tree."  It  was  her  singing  of  "Xancy  Brown"  which  caused  Mrs.  J.  J.  Astor  to 
take  the  entire  company  to  Newport  for  a  private  performance.  This  song  furnished 
the  title  for  a  musical  comedy  written  by  George  Broadhurst  and  Frederick  Rankin, 
with  music  by  Silvio  Hein  and  George  Hadley.  in  which  Miss  Cahill  first  became  a 
star  in  the  season  of  1902-'03,  under  the  management  of  Daniel  V.  Arthur,  whose 
wife  she  subsequently  became.  The  following  season  she  starred  in  "Molly  Moon- 
shine," by  Edwin  Milton  Royle  and  George  V.  Hobart.  Miss  Cahill  scored  the 
greatest  success  of  her  career  as  Mary  Montgomery,  in  the  musical  comedy  "Marry- 
ing Mary,"  produced  at  Daly's  Theatre,  New  York,  in  August,  1906.  This  play 
was  originally  written  for  his  wife  by  Edwin  Milton  Boyle,  and  produced  at  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  in  190:5,  under  the  title  of  "My  Wife's  Hus- 
bands." Nat  Goodwin  then  played  it  for  a  time.  Mr.  Royle  then  transformed  it 
into  a  musical  comedy,  with  lyrics  by  Benjamin  Hapgood  Burt  and  music  by  Silvio 
Hein.  Miss  Cahill's  address  is  care  of  D.  V.  Arthur,  Xo.  1402  Broadway.  Xew  York. 


CAMPBELL,  MRS.  PATRICK  (BEATRICE  STELLA),  actress,  was 
born  at  Forest  House,  Kensington,  London,  England,  in  186T.  being  the 
daughter  of  John  Tanner  and  Luigia  (Eomanini)   Tanner.    She  was  edu- 
cated at  private  schools  in  England  and  Paris.    In  1884  she  was  married  to 
Patrick  Campbell,  of  Straumer,  N.  B.,  the  second  son  of  Patrick  Campbell,  manager 
of  the  Bank  of  India  at  Hong  Kong.   Her  husband  was  killed  in  the  South  African 
war  in  1900.    She  has  one  son,  Alan  Urquhart,  formerly  a  cadet  in  the  British  Navy 
and  now  an  undergraduate  at  Oxford,  and  one  daughter.  Stella,  who  recently  was 
married  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  her  husband  being  only  two  years  her  senior. 

Mrs.  Campbell  first  appeared  with  the  Anomalies  Amateur  Dramatic  Club  at 
West  Norwood,  London,  in  1886,  and  a  year  later  began  her  professional  career, 
touring  England  with  the  Ben  Greet  and  Bandmann-Palmer  companies.  She  first 
attracted  marked  attention  by  creating  the  title  part  in  "The  Second  Mrs. 
Tanqueray"  with  George  Alexander,  at  St.  James's  Theatre,  London,  in  1893. 
She  later  appeared  with  Beerbohm  Tree  in  "John  O'Dreams,"  and  with  John  Hare 
in  "The  Notorious  Mrs.  Ebbsmith."  In  1896  she  played  Juliet  to  the  Romeo  of 
Forbes  Robertson  at  the  Lyceum,  and  two  years  later  toured  Germany  with  him  in 
Shakespearean  plays.  In  1900  she  leased  the  Royalty  Theatre,  London,  producing 
"The  Canary,"  "Fantasticks,"  "Beyond  Human  Power"  and  several  other  plays. 

Mrs.  Campbell  came  to  this  country  under  the  management  of  Liebler  &  Co. 
in  1901  and  played  a  six  months'  engagement  in  repertoire.  The  following 
year  she  made  another  American  tour  under  Charles  Frohman,  appearing  in  "The 
Joy  of  Living,"  by  Sudermann,  and  "Aunt  Jeannie,"  by  E.  F.  Benson,  among  other 
plays.  In  1904  she  appeared  with  Sarah  Bernhardt,  playing  "Pelleas  and  Melisande," 
by  Maeterlinck,  in  French.  The  same  year  she  made  another  American  tour,  with 

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an  English  translation  of  Sardou's  "La  Sorciere."     In  1905  she  again  played  in 
French  with  Madame  Bernhardt  in  London  and  throughout  England. 
Mrs.  Campbell's  London  address  is  No.  33  Kensington  Square,  W. 


CALVE,  MME.  EMMA,  grand  opera  prima  donna,  was  born  in  Aveyron,  in 
the  South  of  France,  in  1864.     Her  mother  was  a  French  woman  and  her 
father  a  Spaniard.    He  died  when  she  was  sixteen  years  old.     She  then  went 
to  Paris  to  study  singing.     She  made  her  first  public  appearance  at  a 
benefit  at  Nice  in  1881,  and  made  her  professional  debut  the  following  year  at  the 
Theatre  de  la  Monnaie,  at  Brussels,  in  Massenet's  "Herodiade,"  with  indifferent 
success.     A  tour  through  Italy  followed,  and  there  she  saw  Duse  act.     She  studied 
the  Italian  actress'  methods,  and  as  a  result  made  her  first  marked  success  as  Ophelie 
in  Thomas's  "Hamlet." 

In  1884  she  first  appeared  in  Paris,  in  "Aben  Hamet."  She  achieved  her  greatest 
successes  there  at  the  Opera  Comique  as  Carmen  and  as  Santuzza  in  "Cavalleria 
Eusticana."  She  first  appeared  in  London  in  1892,  at  the  Royal  Italian  Opera.  She 
made  her  first  appearance  in  this  country  on  December  20,  1893,  at  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House,  New  York,  as  Carmen,  and  made  an  instantaneous  success.  Since 
then  she  has  been  with  the  Abbey,  Schoeffel,  Grau  or  the  Conried  managements 
almost  every  season.  In  1905  she  made  a  tour  of  the  states  at  the  head  of  a  concert 
company,  under  the  management  of  John  Cort. 

Her  home  is  at  the  Chateau  Cabrieres,  Cevennes,  France. 


CARLE,  RICHARD,  comedian,  was  born  in  Somerville,  Mass.     He  was 
graduated  from  the  High  School  in  that  city.     He  had  gained  a  reputation 
as  a  platform  humorist  throughout  New  England  before  he  made  his  first 
appearance  on  the  regular  stage,  supporting  James  T.  Powers  and  Peter  F. 
Dai  ley,  in  "A  Straight  Tip."     His  next  engagement  was  with  Joe  Ott,  in  "The 
Star  Gazer,"  after  which  he  played  in  "Excelsior,  Jr.,"  and  then  made  his  first 
marked  success  in  "The  Lady  Slavey."     He  afterward  played  principal  comedy 
parts  in  "One  Eound  of  Pleasure,"  "In  Gotham,"  "A  Dangerous  Maid,"  "Yankee 
Doodle  Dandy,"  "A  Greek  Slave"  and  his  own  musical  comedy  "Mam'selle  'Awkins." 
As  a  legitimate  actor,  Mr.  Carle  made  a  pronounced  success  in  the  part  of  the 
carpenter,  Shossi  Shmandrik,  in  Israel  Zangwill's  "Children  of  the  Ghetto,"  pro- 
duced in  Washington  on  September  18,  1899.     The  following  year  Mr.  Carle  went 
to  London  as  a  member  of  the  "An  American  Beauty"  company.     The  play  was  a 
failure,  but  when  the  company  presented  "The  Casino  Girl"  in  its  place  Mr.  Carle 
jumped  into  popularity  with  the  Britishers. 

Returning  to  this  country,  Mr.  Carle  starred  in  his  own  musical  comedies,  "The 
Mayor  of  Tokio"  and  "The  Tenderfoot."  The  fall  of  1906  he  starred  in  "The 
Spring  Chicken."  Mr.  Carle's  New  York  home  is  No.  127  Riverside  Drive. 


CARLETON,  HENRY  GUY,  playwright,  was  born  at  Fort  Union,  N.  M., 
June  21,  1851.    His  father  was  the  late  General  James  H.  Carleton,  U.  S. 
A.     After  being  graduated  from  Clare  College,  San  Francisco,  Henry  Guy 
Carleton  entered  the  army,  but  soon  resigned,  and  took  up  newspaper  work 
on  "The  New  Orleans  Times"  in  1877.    There  he  won  his  spurs  in  the  yellow  fever 
epidemic  of  1878.    He  soon  afterwards  went  to  New  York,  where  he  quickly  earned  a 
reputation  as  a  humorist.     His  first  dramatic  work  was  "Memnon,"  an  Egyptian 

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tragedy,  which  was  purchased  by  the  late  John  McCullough,  but  never  produced. 
Other  plays  by  Mr.  Carleton,  many  of  which  have  been  successful,  are  "Victor 
Durand,"  "A  Gilded  Fool/'  played  by  Nat  Goodwin;  "The  Butterflies,"  "The  Lion's 
Mouth,"  and  "Ye  Early  Trouble." 

April  10,  1890,  Mr.  Carleton,  who  had  married  and  been  divorced,  married  Miss 
Effie  Shannon,  the  actress.  She  obtained  a  divorce  from  him  three  years  later. 
January  21,  1894,  Mr.  Carleton  married  Miss  Olive  May,  a  member  of  John  Drew's 
company,  then  playing  "The  Butterflies"  in  Chicago.  Mrs.  Carleton  is  a  daughter  of 
Colonel  Gordon  A.  May,  of  Chicago,  and  on  her  mother's  side  a  grandniece  of  Daniel 
Webster.  Mr.  Carleton  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs  and  The  Players,  New  York. 


CARSON,  MURRAY,  actor  and  playwright,  was  born  in  London,  of  Scottish 
parents.    As  a  youth  he  was  secretary  to  the  Eev.  Dr.  Joseph  Parker,  of  the 
City  Temple,  London,  but,  finding  the  footlights  more  attractive  than  the 
pulpit,  Mr.  Carson,  while  still  in  his  teens,  obtained  an  engagement  with  the 
late  Wilson  Barrett,  with  whom  he  played  in  "Claudian,"  "The  Lord  Harry,"  "Hood- 
man  Blind,"  "The  Silver  King,"  "Hamlet"  and  other  plays.    Since  coming  to  the 
United  States  Mr.  Carson  has  written  many  works  in  collaboration  with  Louis  N. 
Parker,  the  best  known  of  which  is  "Eosemary."    In  August.  1906,  he  made  his  first 
appearance  in  vaudeville  at  Keith  &  Proctor's  Twenty-third  Street  Theatre,  New 
York,  in  a  one  act  play,  "The  Point  of  the  Sword." 
Mr.  Carson  is  a  membei  of  The  Lambs. 


CARTER,  MRS.  LESLIE  (MRS.  WILLIAM  LOUIS  PAYNE),  was 
born  in  Louisville,  Ky..  her  maiden  name  being  Miss  Caroline  Louise  Dud- 
ley.  On  her  father's  death  the  family  moved  to  Ohio,  where  Miss  Dudley, 
still  in  her  teens,  met  Leslie  Carter,  a  wealthy  Chicago  lawyer,  to  whom  she 
was  married  at  Dayton,  May  26,  1880.    On  May  22,  1889,  Mr.  Carter  obtained  a 
divorce.     Mrs.  Carter  then  decided  to  seek  a  stage  career.     It  was  not  until  she 
met  David  Belasco  that  she  found  a  manager  who  saw  in  her  the  possibilities  of  an 
undeveloped  talent.     Under  his  tutelage  she  studied  and  worked,  untiringly    and 
unceasingly,  until  November  10,  1890,  when  she  made  her  debut  in  New  York  in 
"The  Ugly  Duckling,"  by  Paul  Potter,  Mr.  Belasco  giving  her  the  principal  part. 
The  result  was  a  failure.    More  training  and  hard  work  on  the  part  of  teacher  and 
pupil  followed,  and  better  results  came  with  the  production  the  following  year  of 
"Miss  Helyett,"  a  comedy  with  music  by  Audran.    Mrs.  Carter  played  the  part  of  a 
demure  Quaker  maiden  in  this  for  two  years,  improving  constantly,  and  all  the  time 
being  under  Mr.  Belasco's  personal  training. 

In  March,  1893,  Mrs.  Carter  left  the  stage  and  dropped  out  of  the  public  eye 
until  1895.  These  two  years  had  been  spent  in  further  study  and  training  in  her 
New  York  apartments.  In  October  of  that  year  she  appeared  as  a  star  in  "The 
Heart  of  Maryland,"  written  especially  to  display  her  talents  by  Mr.  Belasco.  In 
this  she  achieved  the  success  she  and  Mr.  Belasco  had  worked  so  long  and  hard  for. 
She  played  Maryland  Calvert  in  this  country  for  three  seasons,  until  April  9,  1898, 
when  Mr.  Belasco  took  the  play  to  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  London.  There  Mrs.  Carter 
appeared  as  Maryland  Calvert  145  times.  This  was  followed  by  an  even  greater 
success,  "Zaza,"  written  by  Mr.  Belasco  from  the  French  play  by  Simon  and  Berton, 
which  Eejane  produced  at  the  Vaudeville  Theatre,  Paris.  After  its  initial  produc- 
tion in  Washington,  December  26,  1898,  Mrs.  Carter  was  hailed  by  some  critics  as 

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the  American  Bernhardt.  In  April,  1900,,  she  appeared  with  great  success  in  "Zaza" 
at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  London. 

"Zaza"  was  followed  by  "Madame  Du  Barry,"  written  by  Mr.  Belasco,  which  was 
produced  first  at  the  New  National  Theatre,  Washington,  I).  C.,  December  12,  1901, 
and  opened  in  New  York  at  the  Criterion  Theatre  on  December  25.  The  success  of 
this  was  even  more  phenomenal  than  that  of  "Zaza,"  Mrs.  Carter  showing  perhaps 
even  more  talent  as  an  emotional  actress  than  she  had  in  the  former  play. 

From  that  time  until  1905  Mrs.  Carter  alternated  in  playing  "Zaza"  and 
"Madame  Du  Barry"  to  crowded  houses  all  over  the  country.  In  1905  she  appeared 
in  "Adrea,"  by  Mr.  Belasco  and  John  Luther  Long,  at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  New 
York.  This  was  withdrawn  in  the  spring  of  1906,  and  Mrs.  Carter  rested.  In  July 
of  that  year  she  started  from  her  summer  home  at  Shelter  Island,  New  York,  with 
a  party  of  friends  in  several  automobiles  on  a  trip  through  the  New  England  States. 
In  the  party  were  William  Louis  Payne  of  New  York,  an  actor,  who  created  the  role 
of  Mr.  Leffingwell  in  Augustus  Thomas's  comedy  "Mrs.  LeffingwelPs  Boots,"  at  the 
Lyceum  Theatre,  New  York,  in  January,  1905,  and  Mrs.  Carter's  son  by  her  first 
husband,  Leslie  Dudley  Carter,  who  is  23  years  old.  When  the  party  reached  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  Mrs.  Carter  and  Mr.  Payne  were  married  in  an  Episcopal 
church  there,  the  date  being  July  13,  and  the  rest  of  the  party  and  the  New  York 
theatrical  world  did  not  know  of  the  marriage  until  the  following  day.  Mrs.  Cartel- 
gave  her  age  on  the  marriage  license  as  30.  The  result  of  this  marriage  was  that 
Mrs.  Carter  and  Mr.  Belasco  broke,  although  he  had  prepared  a  new  play,  in  which 
.she  was  to  star,  and  Mrs.  Carter  went  under  the  management  of  Charles  B. 
DillinHiam. 


CAWTHORN,  JOSEPH,  comedian,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1868.  He 
first  appeared  on  the  stage  when  he  was  three  years  old  in  a  pickaninny 
minstrel  entertainment  at  Eobinson's  Hall,  New  York.  In  1872  he  and  his 
brother  Herbert  joined  Haverly's  minstrels  and  toured  the  country  with 
them  for  four  years,  Joseph  Cawthorn  being  Haverly's  original  "Mastodon."  In 
1876  he  went  to  Europe,  and  for  the  next  four  years  appeared  there  in  the  music 
halls  and  pantomime  shows.  Eeturning  to  the  United  States  in  1880,  he  played  in 
vaudeville  until  1883,  when  he  made  a  joint  starring  tour  with  his  brother  Herbert 
in  "Little  Nugget."  He  was  next  engaged  as  the  principal  comedian  of  Pattl  Kosa's 
company,  and  then  appeared  for  a  season  in  the  same  capacity  with  the  Gladys 
Wallis  company.  In  1895  he  reappeared  as  a  star  in  "A  Pool  for  Luck,"  his 
success  in  this  putting  him  in  the  front  rank  of  light  comedians.  After 
playing  the  leading  comedy  parts  with  Corinne  and  in  "Excelsior,  Jr.,"  with  Sadie 
Martinet  he  played  a  leading  part  in  "Nature"  at  the  Academy  of  Music.  New 
York,  in  1897.  A  starring  tour  to  the  Pacific  Coast  in  "Miss  Philadelphia"  was 
followed  by  his  engagement  for  the  role  of  Boris  with  Miss  Alice  Nielsen  in  "The 
Fortune  Teller."  In  1906  he  was  the  star  of  John  Philip  Sousa's  comic  opera  "The 
Free  Lance,"  which  had  a  successful  run  at  the  New  Amsterdam  Theatre. 


CARTON,  R.  CLAUDE  (R.  C.  CRITCHETT),  playwright,  was  born  in 
London  about  fifty-five  years  ago,  being  the  son  of  Dr.  George  Critchett,  a 
well  known  oculist  and  brother  of  Sir  G.  Anderson  Critchett.   While  playing 
Eosencrantz  to  the  Hamlet  of  Miss  Marriott  in  Hull  in  1876  Mr.  Carton 
met  and  married  a  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  Compton   (Charles  Mackenzie),  a 
famous  comedian  and  the  founder  of  one  of  the  best  known  families  of  English 

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actors.  Mr.  Carton  is  best  known  in  America  as  the  author  of  "Lord  and  Lady 
Algy,"  "Liberty  Hall,"  and,  more  recently,  "Mr.  Ilopkinson." 

The  production  of  "The  Great  Pink  Pearl"  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  London, 
nearly  twenty  years  ago,  was  Mr.  Carton's  debut  as  a  playwright.  The  play  was  a 
great  success,  and  since  then  Mr.  Carton  has  devoted  himself  exclusively  to  the 
dramatist's  art.  His  best  known  plays,  in  addition  to  those  already  mentioned,  are 
"Sunlight  and  Shadow,"  "Eobin  Goodfellow,"  "The  Tree  of  Knowledge,"  "The 
Home  Secretary,"  "The  Squire  of  Dames."  "The  White  Elephant,"  "Wheels  Within 
Wheels,"  "The  Treasure,"  "The  Pointsman,"  "Lady  Huntworth's  Experiment." 
"The  Undergraduate,"  "Public  Opinion,"  "The  Rich  Mrs.  Repton,"  "A  Clean 
Slate,"  and  "The  Undercurrent." 

Mr.  Carton  lives  with  his  wife  and  one  daughter  at  The  Red  Lodge,  Acton^  near 
London.  He  is  a  dapper  little  man,  always  faultlessly  dressed,  and  his  chief  recrea- 
tion is  riding  and  driving.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Garrick  and  the  Savage  clubs, 
London. 


CART'S,  MISS  EMMA  (MRS.  HARRY  JAMES  EVERALL),  come- 
dienne and  singer,  was  born  in  Berlin,  Germany,  March   18.  1879.     Her 
father.  Carl  Cams,  was  a  manager,  and  her  mother.  Henrietta  Rolland,  a 
prima  donna  of  some  note.  Miss  Cams  sang  in  public  when  she  was  six  years 
old,  and.  coming  to  this  country  after  completing  her  musical  education,  adopted  the 
stage  as  a  profession  when  she  was  fifteen  years  old.    She  appeared  in  various  minor 

parts  in  light  opera  and  musical  comedy 
until  1900,  when  she  played  her  first 
important  part,  that  of  Lady  Muriel  in 
"The  Giddy  Throng,"  replacing  Lady 
Francis  Hope  (May  Yohe),  at  the 
Xew  York  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

She  became  a  popular  favorite  and 
remained  a  member  of  the  Xew  York 
Theatre  musical  stock  company  for 
three  years,  during  which  she  created 
the  parts  of  Nancy  in  "The  King's  Car- 
nival" and  Jane  Bowlingbrook  in 
"The  Hall  of  Fame."  She  was  the  Mrs. 
•Tack  Orchard  of  "The  Defender,"  pro- 
duced at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre, 
Xew  York;  the  Countess  von  Lahn  in 
"The  Wild  Rose" ;  the  Princess  Yo  San 
in  the  burlesque  of  "The  Darling  of  the 
Gods,"  "The  Darling  of  the  Gallery 
Gods,"  produced  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  Mrs.  Jane 
Habicomb  in  "The  Medal  and  the 
Maid."  at  the  Broadway,  in  the  last 
named  of  which  she  made  popular  the 
"Zanzibar"  song.  The  season  of  1905- 
'06  she  appeared  as  Lady  Peacock  in 

"Woodland."    She  was  married  June  25,  1905,  to  Harry  James  Everall,  a  Xew  York 
business  man.    Her  address  is  Xo.  200  West  70th  Street,  Xew  York. 


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CHASE,  MISS  EDNA,  actress,  was  born  in  New  York  City  September  29, 
1888,  her  parents  being  Warren  E.  and  Mary  Johnson  Chase.  She  was  led  to 
go  on  the  stage  by  the  success  which  met  her  dancing  and  singing  at  amateur 
entertainments,  being  twelve  years  old  when  she  made  her  first  public  appear- 
ance. She  made  her  stage  debut  on  January 
26,  1903,  at  Weber  &  Fields's  Music  Hall, 
New  York,  in  "Twirly  Whirly,"  beginning 
in  the  chorus.  She  continued  there  until 
1905,  her  work  in  the  mean  time  having  ad- 
vanced her  to  one  of  the  smaller  roles,  when 
she  went  on  a  vaudeville  tour  in  John 
Mason's  "Society  Belles,"  with  Miss  Lillian 
Doherty.  In  1906  she  was  engaged  to  play 
Dorothy  in  "The  Tourists."  Miss  Chase  is 
an  expert  swimmer  and  horseback  rider. 
The  prowess  of  Miss  Chase  as  a  horsewoman 
was  put  to  the  test  in  the  summer  of  1906  by 
an  exploit  which  gained  her  much  notice. 
While  visiting  her  aunt  in  Sullivan  County, 
New  York,  she  undertook  to  ride  a  Western 
broncho,  and,  having  no  side  saddle,  she  rode 
like  a  man.  Alarmed  at  the  report  of  a  gun, 
her  horse  ran  away  on  a  narrow  mountain 

bridle  path,  and,  to  add  to  the  danger,  the  girth  of  the  saddle  broke.  Miss  .Chase 
had  such  a  good  grip  that  the  saddle  remained  in  place,  but,  realizing  the  peril 
should  the  horse  shy  or  swerve,  she  worked  herself  free  of  the  saddle  and  dropped 
it  to  one  side.  The  horse  ran  fully  two  miles  through  the  bridle  path  and  then 
came  out  on  a  sandy  road,  and  it  was  only  a  question  of  time  before  it  tired 
itself  out. 


CHAMBERS,  HADDON,  playwright,  was  born  at  Stanmore,  near  Sydney, 
Australia,  in  1861,  being  the  son  of  John  Ritchie  Chambers.     Mr.  Chambers 
began  life  as  a  clerk  under  his  father,  who  was  in  the  Colonial  Civil  Service. 
He  afterward  was  a  rider  on  an  Australian  cattle  range.     Going  to  London 
in  1880,  Mr.  Chambers  began  a  literary  career.     His  first  important  play  was  "Cap- 
tain Swift,"  produced  by  Beerbohm  Tree  at  the  Haymarket,  London,  in  1888.     His 
other  notable  plays  are  ''The  Idler,"  "John  a-Dreams/'  "The  Tyranny  of  Tears." 
"The  Honorable  Herbert,"  "The  Old  Lady,"  "The  Awakening"  "and  "The  Golden 
Silence."     He  is  part  author  of  "The  Fatal  Card,"  "Boys  Together"  and  "The 
Days  of  the  Duke." 


CHAMBERS,  KELLETT,  playwright,  brother  of  Haddon  Chambers,  was 
born  in  Sydney,  Australia.     He  studied  law  for  a  time,  but  deserted  it  for 
journalism.   In  1888  he  went  to  London,  where  his  brother  had  already  won 
fame  as  the  author  of  "Captain  Swift."     He  came  to  this  country  in  1891 
and  engaged  in  newspaper  work  in  New  York  and   San  Francisco.     In  1901  he 
married  Mrs.  Mary  Davison,  better  known  to  the  public  as  "Kate  Carew,"  carica- 
turist and  interviewer,  and  to  artists,  under  her  own  name,  as  a  portrait  painter. 

Mr.  Chambers's  first  play,  "Abigail,"  was  produced  at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  New 
York,  in  1905,  Grace  George  starring  in  it.     His  second,  "Frenzied  Finance,"  a 

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farce,  followed  at  the  same  theatre.  In  1906  he  made  a  four-act  stage  version  of 
Charles  Dickens's  favorite  novel  "David  Copperfield,"  which  Charles  Cartwright 
produced  in  England  under  the  title  "Dan'l  Peggotty."  Mr.  Chambers's  address 
is  American  Dramatists'  Club,  No.  114  West  40th  street,  New  York. 


CLARK,    MISS    MARGUERITE,   comic   opera   soubrette,   was   born   in 
Cincinnati,  being  the  daughter  of  A.  J.   Clark,  a  prominent  merchant  of 
that  city.     Her  parents  died  before  she  was  eleven  years  old,  and  an  elder 
sister  took  charge  of  her,  placing  her  to  be  educated  in  the  Brown  County 
Convent,  Ohio,  where  she  remained  for  three  years.     As  a  child  Miss  Clark  had 
proved  herself  an  entertainer  of  ability  in  amateur  theatricals  and  charitable  enter- 
tainments, and  when  she  left  the  convent  she  decided  on  a  stage  career.     On  the 

advice  of  J.  K.  Murray  and  his  wife,  Clara 
Lane,  with  whom  she  was  acquainted,  Miss 
Clark  joined  the  chorus  of  the  repertoire 
company  with  which  they  were  playing  in 
Baltimore  and  made  her  stage  debut  in  that 
city  under  the  management  of  Milton  Aborn. 
In  a  short  time  she  was  graduated  from  the 
chorus  to  a  speaking  part.  After  remaining 
with  this  company  several  months  she  went 
to  New  York,  and  there  accepted  a  place  as 
understudy  in  George  W.  Lederer's  "Belle 
of  Bohemia"  company,  meanwhile  contin- 
uing vocal  study.  She  sang  the  prim  a  donna 
role  on  several  occasions,  and  did  it  so  well 
that  she  obtained  an  engagement  to  play  the 
soubrette  role  in  "The  Burgomaster."  Ap- 
pearances with  Dan  Daly,  in  "The  New 
Yorkers"  and  in  "The  Wild  Eose,"  at  the 
Knickerbocker  Theatre,  New  York,  led  to 

her  signing  with  De  Wolf  Hopper  and  playing  the  role  of  Polly,  in  "Mr.  Pickwick." 
This  part  started  her  on  the  road  to  popularity,  and  her  playing  of  Mataya,  the  role 
of  Delia  Fox  in  the  original  company,  in  a  revival  of  "Wang,"  following  an  engage- 
ment with  the  "Babes  in  Toyland"  company,  established  her  place.  She  made  the 
greatest  success  of  her  career  as  Sylvia,  with  De  Wolf  Hopper,  in  De  Koven  and 
Eankin's  comic  opera  "Happy land,"  which  had  a  long  run  at  the  Lyric  Theatre, 
New  York,  the  season  of  1905-'06  and  on  tour  the  fall  season  of  1906. 


CLARKE,  CRESTON,  actor  and  playwright,  the  second  son  of  the  late 
John  Sleeper  Clarke  and  Asia  Booth  Clarke,  and  brother  of  Wilfred  Clarke, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia  August  30,  1865.     In  his  youth  he  went  with  his 
father  to  London,  and  there  and  in  Paris  received  his  education.     He  made 
his  first  professional  appearance  at  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  London,  in  the  company  of 
his  uncle,  Edwin  Booth,  his  role  being  that  of  Francois,  in  "Eichelieu."     From  1882 
to  1886  he  played  in  London  and  the  provinces  in  the  company  of  his  uncle  and 
in  support  of  his  father.     He  became  a  member  of  Lester  Wallack's  stock  company 
in  1886  in  New  York,  and  when  it  went  out  of  existence  joined  Augustin  Daly's 
stock  company.     Mr.  Clarke  organized  his  own  company  and  made  his  first  appear- 
ance as  a  star  in  1887,  opening  with  "Hamlet"  at  Eichmond,  Va.,  in  which  town  his 

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grandfather,  Junius  Brutus  Booth,  made  his  first  appearance  in  America.  For  ten 
years  Mr.  Clarke  toured  at  the  head  of  his  own  company,  playing  "The  Merchant 
of  Venice,''  "Richelieu,"  "The  Fool's  Revenge,"  etc.  In  1897  Mr.  Clarke  pro- 
duced his  own  romantic  play  "The  Last  of  His  Race.'7  The  season  of  1905-'06  Mr. 
Clarke  starred  in  "Monsieur  Beaucaire."  Mr.  Clarke  married,  April  17,  1895, 
Adelaide  Prince,  an  actress.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Players,  Xew  York. 


CLARKE,  HARRY  CORSON,  comedian,  was  born  in  Xew  York,  being 
the  son  of  H.  G.  Clarke  and  Mrs.  Adele  Clarke.     His  mother  played  with 
Edwin  Forrest,  Charlotte  Cushman,  E.  L.  Davenport  and  Edwin  Booth,  and 
his  grandfather  was  the  stage  manager  at  Barnum's  Museum  in  its  palmiest 
days.     He  began  his  stage  career  in' his  youth  by  playing  with  his  mother  and 
acting  as  advance  agent  for  various  companies,  but  made  his  real  debut  as  an  actor 
in  188-i,  when  he  played  a  part  in  "The  Lights  of  London."     He  next  played  a 
season  of  repertoire  with  Maud  Granger's  company  and  then  appeared  in  the  initial 
production  of  "Beauty"  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York.     His  next  role  was  that 
of  the  Stage  Manager,  in  "Mam'zelle."     For  several  years  thereafter  he  played  in 
various  stock  companies,  it  being  his  boast  that  he  played  two  hundred  and  fifty 
eccentric  roles   in  as  many   consecutive  weeks.     He  has  been  most  successful  as 
comedian  and  stage  manager  of  the  stock  company  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Denver, 
and  comedian  of  the  Columbia  Theatre  stock  company.  San  Francisco.     With  the 
latter  company   he   had   two   successful   seasons   in   Honolulu.     In   1897   he   first 
appeared  as  a  star  in  "What  Happened  toi  Jones."     This  lasted  for  three  seasons. 
Then  he  starred  in  "What  Did  Tomkins  Do?" 


CLARKE,  GEORGE,  actor,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  June  28,  1840.  He 
was  educated  in  Richmond,  Va.  His  first  appearance  on  the  stage  was 
with  the  Richmond  Dramatic  Association  as  the  Prince  of  Wales,  in 
"Richard  III.,"  in  the  old  Richmond  Theatre,  September  8,  1855.  "Barn- 
storming" followed  until  Mr.  Clarke  was  at  the  old  Holliday  Theatre,  Baltimore,  in 
1858.  For  the  next  three  years  he  was  with  P.  T.  Barnum,  at  Barnum's  Museum, 
Broadway  and  Ann  street,  New  York.  He  is  the  only  surviving  member  of  that 
company.  In  Mrs.  John  Wood's  company  he  appeared  in  Augustin  Daly's  "Break- 
ing a  Butterfly,"  and  he  played  Bob  Brierly,  in  "The  Ticket  of  Leave  Man,"  at  the 
New  York  Theatre  under  Mark  Smith  and  John  Lewis  Baker.  At  the  Worrell 
Sisters'  New  York  Theatre  he  appeared  in  a  dramatization  of  Henry  Ward 
Beecher's  "Norwood,"  by  Augustin  Daly  and  Joe  Howard.  In  1868-'69  he  was 
stage  manager  and  leading  man  with  Edwin  Forrest,  and  the  following  season  was 
at  Daly's  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  in  24th  street.  New  York.  He  was  next  with 
Lester  Wallack  for  a  short  time,  and  left  him  to  take  the  management  of  Lina 
Edwin's  Theatre,  opposite  the  New  York  Hotel. 

In  the  fall  of  1871  Mr.  Clarke  joined  the  late  W.  J.  Florence's  company  for  his 
production  of  "Eileen  Oge"  at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  New  York,  and  finished 
that  season  at  the  Varieties  Theatre,  New  Orleans,  Lawrence  Barrett  being  stage 
manager  'and  little  Minnie  Maddern,  now  Mrs.  Fiske,  being  the  child  of  the  com- 
pany, which  included  Stuart  Robson  and  Augustus  Pitou.  In  1873  Mr.  Clarke 
again  joined  Augustin  Daly  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre.  The  following  year, 
after  the  New  Year's  matinee,  the  theatre  was  destroyed  by  fire.  After  supporting 
Mrs.  Clara  Rousby  at  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre,  Mr. .Clarke  went  to  England, 
where  he  played  in  "Proof  Positive,"  at  the  London  Opera  Comique.  and  with 

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Charles  Wyndham  in  "Pink  Dominoes."     He  also  toured  the  country  as  dm.  in 
"The  Shaughraun." 

In  the  fall  of  1879.  after  appearing  in  "Rescued,"  under  the  management  of 
Dion  Boucicault  at  Booth's  Theatre.  Mr.  Clarke  produced  "Hearts  of  Steel"  at 
Xihlo's  Garden.  Xew  York.  In  January,  1882,  Mr.  Clarke  joined  Miss  Fannie  Daven- 
port's company.  He  was  in  the  cast  of  "American  Born."  produced  by  Charles 
Frohman  at  Havlin's  Theatre,  Chicago.  In  May,  1884,  lie  played  Inspector  Byrnes. 
in  "The  Pulse  of  Xew  York,"  at  the  Star  Theatre.  In  188o-'86  he  was  at  Wallack's 
Theatre.  He  next  enlisted  under  the  banner  of  Augustin  Daly,  remaining  with 
him  until  the  manager's  death  in  1897.  Mr.  Clarke's  last  engagement  was  as 
Senator  Bender  of  Oregon,  in  "The  Embassy  Ball."  produced  in  the  spring  of  1906 
by  Charles  Frohman  at  Daly's  Theatre.  Xew  York.  Mr.  Clarke  died  on  October 
3,  1906. 


CHERRY,  CHARLES,  actor,  was  born  in  England,  none  of  his  relatives 
ever  having  been  connected  with  the  stage.     He  began  business  as  a  banker's 
clerk   in   London,   after   having  graduated   from    Oxford    University.     He 
was  an  enthusiastic  amateur  actor,  taking  even  more  pleasure  in  facing  the 
footlights  than  in  counting  five-pound  notes,  and  after  playing  several  leading  parts 
successfully  he  determined  to  adopt  the  stage  as  a  profession.     After  some  experi- 
ence in  England,  playing  small  parts  in  several  companies  and  gradually  winning 

his  way  from  "juvenile  leads"  to  parts  of 
importance,  he  came  to  this  country  in  1899, 
opening  at  Wallack's  Theatre.  Xew  York, 
in  "A  Kay  of  Sunshine."  He  was  then  lead- 
ing man  with  Mary  Mannering  for  a  season, 
and  with  Henrietta  Crosman.  in  "The  Sword 
of  the  King,"  and  Elsie  I)e  Wolfe,  in 
"Cynthia."  The  season  of  1903  he  began  an 
engagement  as  leading  man  in  support  of 
Maxine  Elliott,  which  position  he  has  since 
retained,  playing  with  her  in  "Her  Own 
Way"  and  "Her  Great  Match." 

Within  the  last  two  years  Mr.  Cherry  has 
also  played  in  London  with  Ethel  Barry- 
more,  in  "Cynthia" ;  with  Miss  Elliott,  in 
"Her  Own  Way,"  and  with  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Forbes  Robertson,  in  "Mice  and  Men."  He 
goes  to  England  in  the  spring  of  each  year, 
returning  to  this  country  for  the  fall  season. 
Mr.  Cherry's  Xew  York  address  is  The  Broztell,  Fifth  avenue  and  27th  street. 


CHEATHAM,    MISS    KITTY,    actress,    was   born   in    Xashville,    Term., 
being  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Eichard   Cheatham,  three  times  Mayor  of 
Xashville,  and  a  granddaughter  of  General  Richard  Cheatham.     She  began 
her  stage  career  in  1887  by  playing  Daisy  Brown,  in  "The  Professor."  and 
the  same  year  was  engaged  by  Colonel  McCaull  to  understudy  Miss  Bertha  Ricci, 
the  prima  donna  of  his  opera  company.     Before  the  season  was  over  Miss  Cheatham 
had  succeeded  Miss  Ricci  and  sang  the  principal  parts  in  "Falka"  and  "The  Black 
Hussar."     Miss  Cheatham's  first  appearance  in  Xew  York  was  at  the  Casino,  where 

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she  appeared  as  Cerise,  in  "Erminie,"  in  the  long  run  of  that  opera.  She  next 
became  a  member  of  Augustin  Daly's  company  and  went  to  the  front  in  that  as 
Bizarre,  in  "The  Inconstant."  Among  her  other  roles  were  Titania,  in  "A  Mid- 
summer Night's  Dream,"  and  Jaquenetta,  in  "Love's  Labor's  Lost."  She  was  the 
original  Winn}',  in  "The  Last  Word." 

Miss  Cheatham  remained  many  years  with  the  Daly  organization,  and  after 
leaving  it  played  many  leading  parts.  Of  late  she  has  devoted  herself  chiefly  to 
public  readings  and  charitable  performances.  The  summer  of  1906  Miss  Cheatham 
gave  dramatic  recitals  in  Europe,  returning  to  New  York  in  August. 


COGHLAN,  MISS  GERTRUDE  EVELYN  (MRS.  AUGUSTUS 
PITOU,  JR.),  actrass,  was  born  in  England  in  1876,  being  the  daughter 
of  the  late  Charles  Coghlan,  the  well  known  actor,  and  niece  of  Miss  Eose 
Coghlan.  She  inherited  her  father's  talents,  and  was  a  student  at  the  Art 
School  of  South  Kensington,  London,  where  she  became  proficient  in  black  and 
white  drawing  and  in  water  color  painting.  Coming  to  this  country  with  her 
father.  Miss  Coghlan  made  her  first  appearance  on  any  stage  as  Mion,  in  "Diplo- 
macy," at  Detroit.  January  16,  1893,  when  she  was  seventeen  years  old.  Her  debut 
was  in  the  nature  of  an  accident,  for  one  of  the  actresses  in  the  company  was  taken 
suddenly  ill  and  Miss  Coghlan  took  her  place.  She  was  so  successful  in  this  that 
her  father  began  at  once  to  prepare  her  for  a  stage  career.  Her  training  completed, 
she  played  important  parts  in  many  companies,  and  was  for  a  time  leading  woman 
at  Proctor's  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York.  The  season  of  1905-'06  Miss 
Coghlan  played  Shirley  Eossmore  with  the  Western  "Lion  and  the  Mouse"  com- 
pany, which  had  a  long  run  at  the  Illinois  Theatre,  Chicago.  She  was  married  to 
Augustus  Pitou,  Jr.,  a  son  of  the  well  known  New  York  theatrical  manager,  on  July 
1,  1906,  the  marriage  being  kept  secret  for  a  time. 


COGHLAN,  MISS  ROSE  (MRS.  JOHN  T.  SULLIVAN),  actress,  was 
born  in  Peterborough,  England,  in  1853.  Her  father  wa*  Francis  Coghlan, 
publisher  of  Coghlan's  Continental  Guides  and  a  friend  of  Charles  Dickens. 
Her  brother  was  the  late  Charles  Coghlan,  the  well  known  actor.  Her 
sister-in-law,  when  Eose  was  little  more  than  a  child,  put  her  on  the  stage,  her  first 
appearance  being  as  one  of  the  witches  in  "Macbeth,"  in  Grreenwich,  Scotland.  Soon 
afterward  she  won  favor  as  Tilly  Price  in  a  stage  version  of  "Nicholas  Nickleby" 
at  the  Court  Theatre,  on  her  first  appearance  in  London.  After  she  had  played 
engagements  with  Adelaide  Neilson  and  J.  L.  Toole,  E.  A.  Sothern  brought  her  to 
this  country  in  1871,  and  she  made  her  first  appearance  in  a  dramatization  of  "The 
Woman  in  White,"  by  Wilkie  Collins.  She  then  played  a  season  with  the  Lydia 
Thompson  English  Burlesquers  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York.  In  1873  she 
returned  to  England  to  support  the  late  Charles  Mathews.  After  a  season  with 
John  Hare  Miss  Coghlan  supported  Barry  Sullivan,  the  tragedian,  in  Shakespearian 
parts,  one  of  her  principal  roles  being  that  of  Viola,  in  "Twelth  Night."  She  was 
in  the  original  cast  of  "East  Lynne,"  at  the  St.  James's  Theatre,  and  created  the 
part  of  Lady  Manden,  in  "All  for  Her." 

In  1877  Miss  Coghlan  returned  to  this  country  to  be  leading  woman  of  Lester 
Wallack's  Theatre.  Her  first  role  was  Clarissa  Harlowe.  Her  greatest  success 
during  the  nine  years  she  remained  with  Wallack  was  as  Stephanie,  in  Herman 
Merrivale's  "Forget-Me-Not."  She  also  achieved  distinction  in  "A  Scrap  of 
Paper,"  "The  World/'  "The  Silver  King"  and  "Moths."  The  last  performance  of 

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the  famous  stock  company  at  Wallack's  was  on  May  5,  1888,  when  Miss  Coghlan 
played  Lady  Teazle,  in  "The  School  for  Scandal."  She  was  also  the  Player  Queeen 
in  the  star  cast  which  appeared  in  "Hamlet,"  May  21,  1887,  to  mark  Lester 
Wallack's  retirement  from  the  stage. 

Returning  to  England  in  1892,  Miss  Coghlan  played  the  Countess  Zicka  in  a 
revival  of  "Diplomacy,"  and  two  years  later  was  seen  in  this  country  in  Oscar 
Wilde's  "A  Woman  of  No  Importance."  In  1895  Miss  Coghlan  starred  in 
"Diplomacy"  and  "Forget-Me-Xot,"  her  husband.  John  T.  Sullivan,  being  her 
leading  man.  She  obtained  a  divorce  from  him  a  few  years  ago.  The  last  two 
seasons  Miss  Coghlan  starred  in  sketches  in  the  vaudeville  houses. 

In  July,  1902,  Miss  Coghlan  became  a  naturalized  American  citizen,  and  engaged 
in  stock  raisins  on  her  ranch  in  Montana. 


COHAN,  GEORGE  M.,  actor,  manager,  playwright  and  song  writer,  was 
born  in  Providence,  R.  I..  July  4,  1878.     His  father  was  Jerry  J.  and  his 
mother  Helen  P.  Cohan,  both  of  whom  were  well  known  on  the  stage  and 
are  now  playing  in  their  son's  company.     He  was  ten  years  old  when,  in 
the  city  of  his  birth,  he  made  his  first  stage  appearance  in  a  play  written  by  his 
father  and   in  a   company   of  which   his   mother   was  the  business  manager   and 
treasurer.     The  same  season  he  appeared  in  his  first  musical  specialty,  playing  the 

violin  at  Haverstraw,  Xe\v  York.  The  two 
following  seasons  he  toured  the  country  with 
his  father  and  mother  in  a  play  written  by 
his  father,  "The  Two  Barneys." "  In  1890  he 
played  the  Boy,  in  "Peck's  Bad  Boy."  Soon 
afterward  the  Four  Cohans,  father,  mother, 
George  and  his  sister,  Miss  Josephine,  took 
the  vaudeville  field  and  became  one  of  the 
most  successful  of  the  headliners.  One  of 
George  M.  Cohan's  first  essays  in  the  play- 
writing  line  was  the  sketch  "The  Wise  Guy," 
played  by  the  Pour  Cohans.  "The  Gover- 
nor's Son,"  later  lengthened  into  a  three  act 
plav,  was  another  which  served  them  well. 

His  first  complete  play  was  "Running  for 
Office,"  in  which  the  Four  Cohans  headed 
their  own  company.  It  was  with  "Little 
Johnny  Jones,"  however,  that  Mr.  Cohan 
achieved  his  first  great  popular  success  as  a 

writer  of  comedy  and  music  and  as  a  comedian.  This  musical  comedy  was  first  pro- 
duced October  10y  190-i,  and  was  played  continuously  until  April  12.  1906.  It  made 
a  fortune  for  its  author,  who  was  also  its  owner,  manager  and  star.  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  another  musical  comedy,  equally  as  successful,  "Forty-five  Minutes  from 
Broadway,"  first  produced  September  25,  1905,  of  which  Mr.  Cohan  was  again  the 
author. 

In  February,  1906,  Mr.  Cohan  staged  his  fifth  play,  another  musical  comedy, 
"George  Washington,  Jr.,"  first  produced  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  New  York. 
"Popularity,"  produced  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre.  Rochester,  X.  Y.,  in  the  fall  of 
1906,  was  the  first  of  Mr.  Cohan's  plays  without  a  musical  setting.  He  has  been  a 
most  prolific  song  writer,  and  his  melodies  have -been  whistled  by  the  public  from 

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the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific.  He  married  Ethel  Levey,  an  actress,  who  now  appears 
with  him  in  his  plays.  He  is  to-day  one  of  the  most  prominent  managers  in  Xew 
York,  Samuel  H.  Harris  being  his  partner.  His  Xew  York  address  is  Cohan  & 
Harris,  Xew  Amsterdam  Theatre  Building. 


COLLIER,  WILLIAM,  actor,  was  born  in  1868.  When  he  was  ten  years 
old  he  ran  away  from  school  to  join  a  juvenile  "Pinafore"  company,  from 
which  he  received  a  salary  of  $3.50  a  week,  with  $1.50  extra  for  handling 
baggage.  In  the  company  he  was  understudy  for  Arthur  Dunn,  who  played 
Dick  Deadeye,  but  before  the  season  closed  Collier  had  gone  on  for  nearly  every 
part  in  the  opera,  including  Josephine  and  Little  Buttercup.  Although  his  parents 
were  players,  they  forced  the  boy  to  go  to  school  until  1882,  when  he  got  a  place 
as  call  boy  at  Augu?tin  Daly's  Theatre.  During  the  six  years  he  stayed  there 
he  played  several  small  parts,  among  them  being  the  page  in  "Taming  of  the 
Shrew";  Starveling,  in  "A  Midsummer  Xight's  Dream,"  and  Simple,  in  "The 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor."  In  the  character  of  a  dude,  and  without  a  line  to 
speak,  in  "Samson  and  Goliath,"  Mr.  Collier  appeared  to  such  advantage  that  he 
was  engaged  by  John  Russell,  manager  of  "The  City  Directory"  company,  and 
opened  in  the  parts  of  the  Elevator  Boy  and  the  Stage  Manager.  In  the  latter  he 
had  only  six  lines  to  speak,  but  he  developed  the  character  until  it  became  the 
principal  one  in  the  piece.  He  could  not  do  a  step  of  dancing,  but,  finding  it 
necessary,  practised  until  he  became  one  of  the  most  original  dancers  on  the  stage. 
Mr.  Collier  for  years  played  eccentric  comedy  parts  in  the  Hoyt  farces,  and  it 
was  not  until  1901  that  he  became  a  star.  His  "work  in  "The  Man  from  Mexico" 
and  in  "Mr.  Smooth"  led  to  his  appearance  as  such  in  that  je&r  at  the  Madison 
Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  February  11,  in  "On  the  Quiet,"  by  Augustus  Thomas. 
Mr.  Collier  played  this  comedy  for  two  seasons,  and  then  joined  the  forces  of 
Weber  &  Fields  at  their  Xew  York  Music  Hall.  Subsequently  he  took  "On  the 
Quiet"  to  London,  where  he  was  successful.  Returning  to  this  country,  Mr.  Collier 
was  starred  in  several  comedies  which  failed.  In  the  spring  of  1906  he  sailed  with 
his  own  company  for  Australia,  after  an  exciting  experience  in  San  Francisco  during 
the  earthquake  and  fire. 

Some  years  ago  Mr.  Collier  married  Louise  Allen,  a  comedy  actress,  wno  ap- 
peared with  him  in  many  of  his  successes.     They  were  legally  separated  in  1905. 


COXRIED,  HEINRICH,  manager  and  Metropolitan  Opera  House  director, 
was  born  at  Bielitz,  Silesia,  Austria,  on  September  13,  1855,  being  the  son 
of  Joseph  and  Gretchen  Conried.     His  father  was  the  proprietor  of  a  large 
yarn  factory.     He  .made  his  debut  at  the  Burg  Theatre,  Vienna,  on  Feb- 
ruary 23,   1873.     He  remained  there  for  over  two  years,  and   then  went   to  the 
Xational  Theatre,  in  Berlin.     When  Dr.  Foerster  became  chief  stage  manager  of 
the  Leipzig  Stadt  Theatre  he  engaged  Mr.  Conried  to  play  leading  roles.     He  was 
not  twenty-one  when  he  became  manager  of  the  Stadt  Theatre,  at  Bremen.     His 
success  there  was  so  marked  that  it  attracted  the  attention  of  Adolph  Xeu^ndorff, 
then  manager  of  the  Germania  Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  he  engaged  Mr.  Conried 
as  chief  stage  manager.     Thus  it  was  in   1878  that  Mr.    Conried   first  faced  an 
American   audience.     In    1881   he   was  engaged   as   stage   director   of   the   Thalia 
Theatre,  and  soon  afterward  he  undertook  its  management  with  Karl  Hermann. 
In    1882    he    became    artistic    manager    of    the    Casino,    .Xew    York.    "Xanon," 
"Amorita,"  "The  Gypsy  Baron."  "Poor  Jonathan"  and  "Apollo"  being  produced 

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there  under  his  direction.  In  1893  he  took  the  management  of  the  Irving  Place 
Theatre  (then  known  as  Amberg's  Theatre).  Up  to  February  23.  1898,  when  he 
celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  his  entrance  on  the  stage,  he  had  pre- 
sented 270  plays  at  the  Irving  Place  Theatre.  In  1904,  when  Maurice  Grau 
retired  as  director  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  Mr.  Conried  was  chosen  by 
the  stockholders  to  become  his  successor.  Mr.  Conried  married  in  Xew  York.,  in 
1888.  Augusta  Sperling.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Obercalschule,  Vienna,  and  has 
received  the  degree  of  A.  M.  from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  has  been 
decorated  with  the  Order  of  the  Crown  by  Germany,  the  Crown  of  Knighthood 
of  the  Franz  Josef  Order  by  Austria,  the  Order  of  Art  and  Science  by  Italy  and 
Belgium,,  and  the  Order  of  the  Crown  by  the  King  of  Italy.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Germanic  Languages  and  Literature  of  Harvard  University  and 
Vassar  College.  He  lives  at  Xo.  65  West  71st  street,  Xew  York,  and  has  a  summer 
home  at  Asbury  Park,  X.  J. 


CORBETT,  JAMES  J.,  actor,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  in  September, 
1866.    His  father,  Patrick  Corbett,  came  from  Ireland  in  1854  and  settled 
in  Xew  Orleans.     He  married  in  1858  and  went  to  San  Francisco.     James 
J.  Corbett  was  graduated  at  the  age  of  sixteen  from  the  Sacred  Heart  Col- 
lege in  San  Francisco  and  obtained  a  place  as  a  clerk  in  the  Xevada  Bank,  where 
he  remained  until,  as  a  member  of  the  Olympic  Athletic  Club,  he  developed  remark- 
able skill  as  a  boxer.     Becoming  a  professional  pugilist,  he  attained  extraordinary 
popularity  and  became  the  champion  heavyweight  of  the  world  by  knocking  out 
John  L.  Sullivan  in  Xew  Orleans,  September  7,  1892.     After  playing  in  vaudeville 
sketches  and  athletic  parts  in  various  plays,  he  made  his  first  appearance  on  the 
stage  as  a  star  in  a  play  Avritten  for  him  and  called  "Gentleman  Jack,"  in  Elizabeth, 
X.  J.,  October  2,  1892.     Since  then  he  has  appeared  chiefly  in  sketches  at  vaude- 
ville houses.     In  the  fall  of  1905  Mr.  Corbett  appeared  in  "Cashel  Byron's  Pro- 
fession," by  George  Bernard  Shaw,  at  Daly's  Theatre,  Xew  York,  but  the  play  was 
a  failure. 


CORINNE,   -        — ,   comic   opera   prima   donna,   was   born   Christmas   Day, 
1875,  in  Boston,  and  made  her  first  public  appearance  four  years  later  at 
the  Boston  Xational  Baby  Show.     She  was  adopted  a  year  later  by  Mrs. 
Jennie  Kimball,  an  actress,  who  was  the  wife  of  Thomas  Flaherty,  a  piano 
dealer  of  Boston.     Mrs.  Kimball  exploited  "The  Little  Corinne"  as  a  child  actress 
from  the  time  she  was  six  years  old,  making  continuous  tours  all  over  the  country, 
but  maintaining  a  home  in  Philadelphia  and  perpetually  fighting  Prevention  of 
Cruelty  to  Children  societies.     Corinne's  first  part  was  Little  Buttercup,  in  "Pina- 
fore," but  when  she  was  still  a  child  she  starred  in  the  prima  donna  roles  in 
"Olivette,"  "'The  Mascotte"  and  dozens  of  light  operas.     She  made  her  most  con- 
spicuous success  when  she  was  fifteen  in  "Monte  Cristo,  Jr.,"  which  was  produced 
in  Xew  York  in  1888. 

The  mystery  concerning  the  parentage  of  Corinne  (she  has  never  been  known  by 
any  other  name)  was  carefully  fostered  by  Mrs.  Kimball  for  advertising  purposes, 
and  at  various  times  it  was  given  out  that  she  was  the  offspring  of  derelict  nobility 
and  had  been  snatched  from  dreadful  surroundings  by  Mrs.  Kimball;  that  she  was 
an  octoroon,  and  that  she  was  the  daughter  of  H.  E.  Jacobs  and  an  Italian  wife, 
although  the  well  known  manager  never  had  an  Italian  wife. 

Mrs.  Kimball  died  in  her  private  car  at  the  Union  Station,  St.  Paul,  Minn., 

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March  23,  189G,  and  it  was  then  said  that  she  had  left  Corinne  a  large  fortune,  the 
proceeds  of  profits  from  the  Kimhall  Opera  Company,  which  for  years  she  had 
managed  with  Corinne  as  the  star.  Since  then  Corinne  has  played  many  engage- 
ments in  musical  comedies  and  in  vaudeville.  In  the  fall  of  i906  she  was  starred 
in  the  part  originally  played  by  Miss  Fay  Templeton  in  "Forty-five  Minutes  from 
Broadway.'' 


COULTER,   FRAZER,  actor,  was  born  at  Smiths  Falls,  near  Kingston, 
'Canada,   August   20,   1848.     He  adopted   the  stage  permanently  in   1875, 
having  previously  played  in  several  amateur  performances  and  in  a  few 
scattered    legitimate   productions.     His  early   stage   training   was   a   varied 
one,  appearances  with  Mrs.  Sheridan  Shook,  as  Joseph  Surface,  in  "Lady  Teazle"; 
as  Phileas  Fogg,  in  "Around  the  World  in  Eighty  Days,"  at  the  old  Xiblo's  Garden ; 
the  leading  juvenile  role  in  Mrs.  Bartley  Campbell's  "'The  Vigilantes"  and  support 

of  stars  like  John  Owens,  John  Gilbert,  Law- 
rence Barrett,  Fanny  Davenport  and  Fred- 
erick Warde  giving  him  a  liberal  education. 
In  1879-'80  he  was  with  Stuart  Eobson  and 
William  H.  Crane,  appearing  with  them  in 
"A  Comedy  of  Errors,"  "Sharps  and  Flats" 
and  other  of  the  earlier  plays  which  made 
Crane  and  Robson  so  successful  as  a  team. 
Mr.  Coulter  played  the  part  of  Lord  Travers 
in  the  original  production  of  "Hazel  Kirke" 
and  supported  Thomas  W.  Keene  as  leading 
heavy  man  in  that  actor's  first  starring  tour. 
In  1882  he  was  a  member  of  the  Boston 
Theatre  stock  company,  appearing  there  as 
the  Spider,  in  "The  Silver  King."  He  waS 
Miss  Rose  Coghlan's  leading  man  the  first 
year  she  appeared  as  a  star,  and  then  for  two 
years  was  a  member  of  the  famous  Boston 
Museum  stock  company,  appearing  there  with 

.Richard  Mansfield  in  the  original  production  of  "Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde."  In  a 
period  of  two  consecutive  weeks  at  the  Boston  Museum  he  played  fourteen  different 
roles,  a  new  one  every  night.  He  played  in  "Harbor  Lights"  in  its  seventeen  weeks' 
run  in  Boston,  and  was  the  Count  Orloff  of  "Diplomacy"  in  its  production  at  the 
Herald  Square  Theatre  in  New  York.  Later  appearances  have  been  in  "Sporting 
Life,"  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  New  York,  and  with  Robert  Bdeson.  In  the 
spring  of  1906  he  played  ex-Judge  Stott,  in  "The  Lion  and  the  Mouse,"  in  its  long 
run  at  the  Lvceum  Theatre.  Xew  York. 


COWLES,    EUGENE,   opera  singer   and  actor,   was  born   in    Stanstead, 
Quebec,  Canada,  being  the  son  of  Dr.  C.  W.  Cowles.     He  went  to  Chicago 
as  a  youth  to  become  a  clerk  in  the  First  National  Bank.     While  there  he 
sang  in  church  choirs.     In  1888  he  joined  the  Bostonians,  at  Ford's  Theatre, 
Baltimore,  making  his  first  appearance  on  the  professional  stage  as  Squire  Bantam, 
in  Stevenson  and  Cellier's  comic  opera  "Dorothy." 

For  ten  years  Mr.  Cowles  sang  the  principal  basso  parts  with  the  Bostonians, 
making  his  most  noted  success  as  Will  Scarlett,  in  Smith  and  De  Koven's  "Robin 

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Hood."  On  the  dissolution  of  the  organization  Mr.  Cowles  became  leading  man 
of  the  Alice  Nielsen  Opera  Company,  playing  in  "The  Fortune  Teller'  in  1898. 
He  also  sang  in  grand  opera  in  London.  His  last  engagement  was  in  the  comic 
opera  "The  Alcalde/'  produced  at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  Chicago,  under  the 
management  of  J.  K.  Hackett.  June,  190(5.  Mr.  Cowles  lias  composed  many  songs, 
the  best  known  being  "Forgotten,"  "Once  in  a  Purple  Twilight"  and  "Crossing 
the  Bar." 

Mr.  Cowles  married  Miss  Louise  Cleary,  May  23.  1898.     His  home  is  in  Derby 
Line,  Vt. 


COURTLEIGH,    WILLIAM,   actor,   was   born   in    Guelph,    Ontario,   and 
reared  and  educated  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.     \Vhile  studying  law  at  Washington 
University   he  became   a  member  of  the  McCullough   Club,   an  amateur 
dramatic  organization,  and  before  he  was  twenty  years  old  he  had  attracted 
attention  as  an  amateur  actor.     The  manager  of  a  road  company,  impressed  by  Mr. 
Courtleigh's  talents,  offered  him  a  place  and  asked  him  to  construct  a  melodrama 
from  a  scenario  he  already  had  in  hand.     Mr.  Courtleigh  built  the  play   (it  was 

called  "Brother  and  Sister"),  gave  up  his  law 
books  and  signed  a  contract  with  the  man- 
ager. After  a  season  with  John  Dillon's 
company,  Fanny  Davenport  engaged  Mr. 
Courtleigh  to  play  the  roles  of  Jean  de 
Sereux,  in  "Fedora,"  and  Thyseno,  in  "Cleo- 
patra." He  also  had  an  important  part  in 
"La  Tosea,"  and  it  was  in  Miss  Davenport's 
company  that  he  first  appeared  in  Broadway, 
New  York. 

His  next  engagement  was  with  Augustin 
Daly's  stock  company,  he  appearing  with  that 
organization  in  "Taming  of  the  Shrew"  and 
in  "The  Foresters"  with  Ada  Rehan.  He 
succeeded  Eobert  Hilliard  as  the  hero  of 
"Blue  Jeans,"  played  the  leading  role  in  "In 
Old  Kentucky,"  and  was  leading  man  for 
Helen  Dauvray  in  "That  Sister  of  His"  in 
succession,  and  then  followed  Wilton  Lack- 
aye  in  the  principal  role  in  "The  District 

Attorney."  He  was  the  John  Swiftwind  of  "Northern  Lights,"  the  first  of  the 
Indian  plays.  With  the  company  of  Margaret  Mather  and  E.  J.  Henley  he  played 
Posthumus,  in  "Cymbeline" ;  Romeo,  to  Miss  Mather's  Juliet ;  Rudolph,  in  "Leah," 
and  Orlando,  in  "As  You  Like  It."  After  appearing  in  the  title  role  in  "The 
Man  of  Honor,"  he  was  engaged  by  Daniel  Frohman  for  the  Lyceum  Theatre  Stock 
Company.  He  first  appeared  at  the  Lyceum  in  "The  Princess  and  the  Butterfly," 
and  when  James  K.  Hackett  became  ill  Mr.  Courtleigh  took  his  place  in  the  leading 
role  in  that  play.  After  appearing  in  "The  Tree  of  Knowledge,"  "Sporting  Life" 
and  "Trelawney  of  the  Wells,"  he  supported  William  H.  Crane,  in  "A  Rich  Man's 
Son,"  and  was  the  King  Charles  of  Henrietta  Crosman's  production  of  "Mistress 
Nell."  He  also  played  John  Ridd,  in  the  production  of  "Lorna  Doone,"  which 
ran  eight  weeks  at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  Chicago. 

He  next  starred  in  "Lost  River,"  supported  Virginia  Harned,  in  "Alice  of  Old 
Vincennes,"  and  Maxine  Elliott,  in  "Her  Own  Way."     He  also  supported  Clara 

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Bloodgood,  in  "The  Coronet  of  the  Duchess/'  and  James  K.  Hackett,  in  "The 
Fortunes  of  the  King."  In  the  summers  of  1904  and  1905  he  headed  stock  com- 
panies in  Providence,  E.  I.,  and  Boston,  Mass.  In  1906,  after  being  featured  in  the 
unsuccessful  "The  Eedemption  of  David  Corson"  and  playing  Charles  Hawtrey's 
part  in  "The  Lucky  Miss  Dean,"  he  went  into  vaudeville  with  K.  C.  MacCulloch's 
one  act  play  "The  Third  Degree."  In  this  Mr.  Courtleigh  assumed  eight  different 
roles.  Mr.  Courtleigh  is  married,  and  has  a  son,  William  Courtleigh,  Jr.  He  is 
president  of  the  Actors'  Society  of  America  and  a  member  of  The  Players,  The 
Lambs  and  Green  Eoom  Club.  His  home  is  at  No.  304  Second  avenue,  New  York. 


CRABTREE,  MISS  CHARLOTTE  (LOTTA),  actress,  was  born  in 
Grand  street,  New  York,  November  7,  1847.  Her  father  and  mother  had 
emigrated  from  Lancashire,  England.  Previous  to  going  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, in  1851,  her  father  kept  a  book  store  in  Nassau  street.  When  she 
was  nine  years  old  Lotta  began  singing  in  public  resorts  in  California  settlements, 
her  first  appearance  being  at  Laporte,  in  Babbit  Valley,  Sierra  County,  at  a  concert 
given  by  an  amateur  violinist,  an  Italian  named  Bona.  Her  first  real  appearance 
as  an  actress  was  at  Petaluma,  in  1858,  as  Gertrude,  in  "The  Loan  of  a  Lover" 
For  two  or  three  years  following  she  travelled  about  California  with  her  mother, 
both  being  members  of  a  vaudeville  troupe.  In  San  Francisco,  as  a  child,  she 
appeared  at  Wilrert's  Melodeon,  her  usual  reward  being  a  shower  of  gold  pieces 
flung  to  the  stage  by  the  miners  in  the  audience.  Her  earliest  successes  were  made 
as  Paul,  in  "The  Pet  in  Petticoats";  as  Liddy  Larrigan,  in  "Family  Jars."  and  as 
Little  Nell,  in  "The  Old  Curiosity  Shop." 

Lotta's  first  appearance  in  New  York  was  at  Niblo's  Garden  in  1864.  Three 
years  later  she  leaped  into  popularity  as  the  feature  of  a  summer  season  at  Wai- 
lack's,  playing  the  Marchioness  to  the  Dick  Swiveller  of  J.  C.  Williamson.  Then 
followed  seasons  of  great  success  at  Niblo's,  the  Olympic  and  at  Booth's  Theatre. 
In  1883  Lotta  visited  London,  playing  "Musette"  there,  December  22,  under  the 
management  of  Harry  Jackson,  at  the  ftpera  Comique.  This  Avas  a  failure,  but  a 
month  later  she  gained  appreciation  in  Little  Nell  and  the  Marchioness. 

Prominent  among  the  many  parts  played  by  Lotta  were  Fanny  Gribbles,  in  "An 
Object  of  Interest";  Tartarin,  in  "The  Seven  Sisters";  Jennie  Leatherlungs,  in 
"Jennie  Lind" ;  Judy,  in  "Ireland  as  It  Was" ;  Sam  Willoughby,  in  "The.  Ticket- 
of-Leave  Man";  Captain  Klopper,  in  "Catching  the  Governor";  Andy  Blake,  in 
"The  Female  Detective";  Nancy,  in  "Irish  Assurance";  Kip,  La  Cigale,  Poca- 
hontas,  Fanchon,  Dick  Wastrell,  in  "Old  London,"  and  Nan,  in  "Nan,  the  Good  for 
Nothing." 

Lotta  met  with  a  serious  accident  while  playing  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  in  1890,  and 
has  now  practically  retired  from  the  stage.  Her  home  is  at  No.  59  West  51st 
street,  New  York.  She  has  a  summer  place  at  Lake  Hopatcong,  N.  J. 


CRANE,  WILLIAM  H.,  actor,  was  born  in  Leicester,  Mass.,  April  30,  1845. 
His  family  soon  afterward  moved  to  Boston,  and  there,  at  the  old  Brim- 
mer   School,    which    overlooks    the    stage    entrance    to    the    Hollis    Street 
Theatre,    the    boy    Crane    was    sent   to    be   educated.     He   was   better    at 
mimicking  his  fellows  and  his  teacher  than  at  his  lessons,  because  he  would  mimic 
and  would  not  study.     One  vacation  his  father  got  him  a  job  in  a  music  publishing 
house.     Nothing  seemed  to  go  right  in  the  store  after  Crane  entered  it.     All  of 
the  employes  appeared  to  have  a  great  deal  to  do  in  the  basement.     The  proprietor 

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i'ound  that  young  Crane  was  the  magnet.  As  often  as  lie  could  the  youth  would  give 
imitations  of  the  actors  lie  had  seen,  for  he  was  passionately  fond  of  the  theatre, 
and  would  sing  the  songs  which  were  popular  at  the  time.  He  lost  his  joh.  One 
day  a  playmate  asked  him  if  he  could  sing.  Crane  said  ''Yes."  ''Come  and  see 
my  mother,  then,"  said  the  hoy.  "and  maybe  you  can  come  with  us.  \\'e  are  actors." 
The  hoy's  mother  was  Mrs.  Harriet  Holmau.  who  had  been  a  celebrated  actress  in 
her  time.  She  had  formed  a  little  company  of  her  own.  and  used  to  tour  the 
country,  presenting  a  repertoire  of  plays,  farces,  pantomimes  and  operettas.  In 
the  company  were  three  of  her  own  children.  Perugini  was  also  a  member,  and  so 
were  William  Davidge,  Jr.,  Charles  Drew  and  others  who  became  prominent  on  the 
stage.  After  Mrs.  Holman  had  heard  Crane  sing  she  sent  for  his  father,  and  the 
result  was  that  the  youth  was  apprenticed  to  her,  he  to  give  his  services  in  return 
for  his  training  and  hoard. 

Crane  made  his  first  appearance  in  public  in  Mechanics"  I  fall,  Vtiea,  X.  Y..  on 
July  13.  1803.  as  the  Xotary.  in  "The  Daughter  of  the  Regiment."  For  eight 
years  he  remained  with  the  Holman  company,  and  it  was  eight  years  of  hard  work. 
In  those  days  a  bill  of  an  evening  would  as  a  rule  include  a  little  farce,  a  comedy,  a 
pantomime  and  a  one  act  operetta,  and  in  addition  to  appearing  in  all  of  them 
Crane  would  sing  and  dance  between  acts.  Leaving  the  Hoi  mans.  Crane  became 
the  low  comedian  of  the  Alice  Gates  company.  Mr.  Crane  believes  that  Mrs.  Gates 
was  the  first  to  start  the  musical  comedy  idea.  She  would  insert  in  some  of  the 
comedies  airs  from  the  operas,  and  her  success  was  pronounced.  Between  seasons 
with  this  company  Crane  went  to  Boston,  and  was  the  first  of  many  comedians  to 
play  the  part  of  Le  Blanc,  in  "Evangel inc." 

After  being  low  comedian  in  the  Hooley  Stock  Company,  of  Chicago.  Crane 
took  a  part  in  a  play  called  "Our  Boarding  House,"  produced  at  the  Park  Theatre, 
in  Xew  York.  In  the  company  Crane  met  Stuart  Robson.  At  the  end  of  the  sea- 
son the  two  men  decided  to  star  together,  which  they  did  with  success  for  a  number 
of  years.  They  made  a  number  of  important  productions,  and  staged  "The  Comedy 
of  Errors,"  "The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor"  and  other  classical  plays.  Y'ears  ago 
the  best  seats  in  the  theatres  around  the  country  were  sold  for  a  dollar.  Eobson 
and  Crane  made  the  first  advance  on  this  price  while  they  were  presenting  "The 
Comedy  of  Errors."  They  made  the  price  of  the  best  seats  for  their  performances 
a  dollar  and  a  quarter.  One  of  their  best  remembered  successes  was  "The  Hen- 
rietta." The  actors  separated  in  1889,  since  which  time  Mr.  Crane  has  devoted 
himself  almost  exclusively  to  the  production  of  American  plays.  Among  these  have 
been  "Xewport,"  by  Clinton  Stuart ;  "The  Senator,"  by  David  D.  Lloyd  and  Sydney 
Rosenfeld;  "On  Probation,"  by  George  H.  Jessop  and  Brander  Matthews;  "For 
Money,"  by  Claj'  M.  Greene  and  Augustus  Thomas;  "The  American  Minister,"  by 
Paul  M.  Potter;  "Brother  John,"  by  Martha  Morton;  "The  Pacific  Mail,"  by  Paul 
M.  Potter;  "His  Wife's  Father,"  by  Martha  Morton;  "A  Fool  of  Fortune,"  by  Martha 
Morton;  "A  Virginia  Courtship,"  by  E.  W.  Presbrey;  "Worth  a  Million,"  by  Mr. 
Presbrey;  "The  Head  of  the  Family?'  by  Clyde  Fitch  and  Leo  Ditrichstein ;  "Peter 
Stuyvesant,"  by  Brander  Matthews  and  Bronson  Howard;  "A  Rich  Man's  Son," 
by  Michael  Morton ;  "David  Harum,"  a  dramatization  of  the  novel ;  "The 
Spenders,"  a  dramatization  of  the  novel;  "Business  Is  Business,"  by  Octave  Mira- 
beau,  and  "The  American  Lord,"  by  George  II.  Broadhurst  and  C.  T.  Dazey,  the 
last  named  of  which  he  appeared  in  at  the  Hudson  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  the 
spring  of  1900. 

On  August  29,  1900,  Mr.  Crane  created  the  part  of  Joseph  Trimblett,  in  "The 
Price  of  Money,"  a  comedy  by  Alfred  Sutro,  produced  at  the  Garrick  Theatre.  Xew 
York.  He  is  a  member  of  many  clubs,  including  The  Lambs  and  The  Players. 

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CROSMAN,  MISS  HENRIETTA  (MRS.  MAURICE  CAMPBELL), 
actress,  was  born  in  Wheeling,  W.  Ya.,  September  2,  1871,  her  father, 
Major  George  H.  Crosman,  U.  S.  A.,  being  stationed  near  that  city.  Her 
mother,  Mary  B.  Wick,  was  a  member  of  the  Youngstown,  Ohio,  family  of 
that  name,  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  wealthy  in  that  part  of  the  United 
States,  and  niece  of  Stephen  C.  Foster,  the  composer  of  "My  Old  Kentucky  Home" 
and  other  famous  songs.  Miss  Crosman  was  educated  at  the  Moravian  Seminary, 
Bethlehem,  Pa.  She  made  her  first  stage  appearance  as  a  member  of  a  stock  com- 
pany at  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Dayton,  Ohio.  She  met  and  married  there  J.  Sedley 
Brown,  an  actor  and  playwright.  Her  first  appearance  in  New  York  was  at  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  in  "The  Rajah,"  after  which  she  travelled  with  various 
companies  and  for  one  season  supported  Robert  Downing.  After  being  with  the 
Lyceum  Theatre  stock  company,  New  York,  in  1889  Miss  Crosman  appeared  with 
Augustin  Daly's  company  as  Celia,  in  "As  You  Like  It."  She  afterward  rejoined 
the  Lyceum  company  and  played  in  "The  Charity  Ball"  and  "The  Idler."  She 
was  in  the  original  cast  of  "Mr.  Wilkinson's  Widows,"  at  Proctor's  Theatre,  New 
York. 

The  season  of  1892  Miss  Crosman  played  in  "The  Junior  Partner"  and 
"Gloriana,"  at  Herrmann's  Theatre,  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman, 
making  conspicuous  successes  in  each.  In  1896  she  obtained  a  divorce  from  Mr. 
Brown  and  the  custody  of  their  only  son,  then  nine  years  old.  The  following 
year  she  was  married  to  Maurice  Campbell.  In  1899  Miss  Crosman  was  in  Bartley 
Campbell's  "White  Slave"  company,  and  later  played  leads  with  Robert  Downing. 
After  seasons  with  Augustin  Daly  she  began  starring  under  the  management  of  her 
husband,  the  first  play  being  "One  of  Our  Girls,"  by  Bronson  Howard.  The  next 
was  "Mistress  Nell,"  by  George  C.  Hazleton,  produced  at  the  Bijou  Theatre.  New 
York,  in  October,  1900,  which  ran  for  two  years.  This  was  followed  by  a  New 
York  run  of  one  hundred  nights  in  "As  You  Like  It,"  after  which  came  "The 
Sword  of  the  King,"  which  ran  the  greater  part  of  a  season  in  New  York.  In  1904 
she  appeared  at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  New  York,  in  "Sweet  Kitty  Bellairs,"  a 
dramatization  of  "The  Bath  Comedy,"  by  Alice  and  Egerton  Castle,  which  ran  for 
two  seasons  in  New  York. 

Plays  which  followed  were  "Madeleine,"  "Nance  Oldfield."  "Mary,  Mary.  Quite 
Contrary,"  and  her  latest  comedy,  "All-of-a-Sudden  Peggy,"  1906. 

Miss  Crosman  is  fond  of  golfing,  rowing,  shooting  and  horseback  riding. 


DARK,  STANLEY,  actor,  was  born  in  London,  England,  May  15,  1874, 
being  the  son  of  Henry  Sidney  and  Marie  Dark.     He  is  a  nephew  of 
Georgina  Burns,  a  well  known  English  prima  donna,  and  of  Cora  Stuart, 
wife^of  T.  W.  Robertson,  the  son  of  the  author  of  "Caste,"  "School"  and 
other  plays.     Stanley  Dark  made  his  first  professional  appearance  at  the  Palace 
Theatre,  Manchester,  England,  in  a  one  act  play,   "The  Fair  Equestrian,"  with 
Cora  Stuart.    He  next  toured  the  English  provinces  as  Sir  Christopher  Deering,  in 
"The  Liars."     His  first  marked  success  was  as  Joseph  Surface,  in  "The  School  for 
Scandal,"  with  Miss  Fortescue. 

He  came  to  this  country  April  11,  1901,  and  became  leading  man  for  Blanche 
Bates,  playing  Bertie  Cecil,  in  "Under  Two  Flags,"  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  New 
York.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Empire  stock  company  the  season  of  1901-'02, 
and  afterward  was  with  Virginia  Harned  in  "Iris,"  "The  Light  That  Lies  in 
Woman's  Eyes,"  "Camille"  and  "La  Belle  Marseillaise."  He  played  with  Mary 
Mannering  in  "Nancy  Stair,"  and  in  1905  played  Jermyn  Rycroft,  in  Henry  Miller's 

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production  of  Henry  Arthur  Jones's  comedy  ''Joseph  Entangled,"  at  the  Garrick 
Theatre,  Xew  York.  He  created  the  role  of  the  Duke  of  Claire,  in  Louis  K. 
Anspacher's  comedy  "The  Embarrassment  of  Kiches,"  produced  at  Wallack's  Theatre, 
New  York,  May  14,  1906.  He  also  appeared  the  season  of  190o-'06  iu  "Mizpah,"' 
"The  Embassy  Ball"  and  "La  Belle  Marseillaise/"'  He  i.s  a  member  of  The  Players, 
New  York.  On  June  30,  1906,  Mr.  Dark  married  Eva  Dennison,  an  actress. 


DAILEY,  PETER  F.,  actor,  was  born  in  Xew  York  in  1868.     He  made 
his  first  appearance  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  18TG.  when  he 
hit  the  popular  fancy  as  a  dancer  with  a  barndoor  reel.     He  then  joiaed 
Whitney's  circus,  playing  clown  and  doing  a  jumping  act.     In   18??  a 
vaudeville  troupe  called  "The  American  Four"  was  organized.     In  this,  with  Mr. 
Dailey,  were  Pettengill,  Gale  and  Hoey.     The  success  of  this  variety  quartette  was 
extraordinary.     Each  member  won  popularity,  and  as  a  team  "The  American  Four" 

was  a  "star  turn"  for  eight  years.  Mr.  Dailey 
joined  the  Boston  Howard  Athenaeum  com- 
pany in  1885,  and  remained  with  that  organi- 
zation three  years.  He  then  made  his  first 
appearance  on  the  legitimate  stage  as  leading 
comedian  in  Kate  Castleton's  company. 
After  playing  Le  Blanc,  in  "Evangeline."  for 
a  season,  he  was  joint  star  with  James  T 
Powers,  in  "A  Straight  Tip."  Then  Mr. 
Dailey  starred  in  "A  Country  Sport"  and 
"The' Night  Clerk."  May  Irwin  was  lead- 
ing woman.  He  next  became  a  member  of 
the  Weber  &  Fields  company,  playing  many 
parts  in  the  popular  Xew  York  burlesque 
house.  He  afterward  starred  in  a  musical 
comedy  called  "Hodge,  Podge  ev,  Co."  The 
seasons  of  1905-'06  he  starred  in  "The  Press 
Agent,"  also  appearing  at  the  head  of  a  com- 
pany playing  the  same  musical  comedy  some- 
what altered  the  season  of  1906-'()?.  His  Xew  York  home  is  at  Xo.  214  West 
92d  street. 


DALY,   ARNOLD   (PETER  CHRISTOPHER   ARNOLD   DALY), 
actor,  was  born  October  4,  1875,  in  Brooklyn,  X.  Y.     His  parents  were 
Joseph  J.  and  Mary  Daly,  who  were  born  in  Ireland.     The  parents  of 
George  Bernard  Shaw,  the  Irish  playwright,  in  whose  plays  Mr.  Daly  has 
achieved  his  most  noteworthy  successes,  were  their  intimate  friends,  Sir  Ambrose 
Shay,  a  mayor  of  Cork  and  Mr.  Daly's   uncle,  having  frequently  entertained  the 
parents  of  Mr.  Shaw.     Mr.  Daly  was  educated  principally  at  the  Academy  of  the 
Sacred  Heart  and  St.   Patrick's  Academy,  Brooklyn.     He  was  ejected   from  four 
public  schools  of  that  city  on  account  of  those  same  revolutionary  ideas  which  have 
made  him  enter  so  heartily  into  the  characters  drawn  by  George  Bernard   Shaw. 
Not  content  with  announcing  his  opinions,  he  organized  strikes  among  his  school- 
fellows against  rules  which  he  considered  unjust  and  an  insult  to  his  intelligence. 

His  first  theatrical  engagement  was  that  of  a  call  boy  at  the  old  Lyceum  Theatre. 
His  first  part  was  that  of  a  butler,  in  a  play  in  which  Fanny  Eice  was  starring. 

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He  played  minor  parts  until  he  came  into  marked  prominence  through  his  imper- 
sonation of  Chambers.,  in  Frank  Mayo's  production  of  "Pudd'n  Head  Wilson," 
dramatized  from  Mark  Twain's  book  of  that  name.  Prior  to  his  taking  up  the 
Shaw  plays,  Mr.  Daly  achieved  successes  in  parts  in  "Because  She  Loved  Him  So," 
"The  Bird  in  the  Cage,"  "Barbara  Frietchie,"  in  which  Julia  Marlowe  was  the 
star;  "Self  and  Lady/'  "Are  You  a  Mason?"  "When  We  Were  Twenty-one,"  "Lady 
Margaret,"  "Hearts  Aflame,"  "Cynthia,"  "The  Girl  from  Dixie"  and  "Secret  Ser- 
vice." On  December  9,  1903,  he  produced  Shaw's  "Candida"  for  a  single  matinee 
at  the  Princess  Theatre.  The  success  of  both  play  and  actor  was  so  marked  that 
Mr.  Daly  and  Mr.  Winchell  Smith  formed  a  partnership  to  produce  the  play  at 
the  Berkeley  Lyceum.  There  "Candida"  ran  for  more  than  150  nights,  and  caused 
such  widespread  discussion  of  Shaw  and  his  plays  that  Mr.  Daly,  quick  to  see  his 
opportunity,  followed  it  with  the  Shaw  plays  "The  Man  of  Destiny"  and  "How  He 
Lied  to  Her  Husband,"  the  latter  a  travesty  on  "Candida"  written  by  Shaw 
expressly  for  Mr.  Daly. 

The  next  Shaw  production  was  "You  Never  Can  Tell,"  which  met  with  a  success 
as  marked  as  that  of  "Candida"  and  had  as  long  a  run.  Then  came  "John  Bull's 
Other  Island,"  and  the  refusal  of  the  city  authorities  to  allow  Mr.  Daly  to  present 
"Mrs.  Warren's  Profession,"  after  similar  action  on  the  part  of  the  New  Haven 
authorities.  Mr.  Daly  and  his  leading  woman  were  arrested,  merely  as  a  formality, 
and  the  case  was  dropped  when  he  announced  that  he  would  make  no  effort  to  pro- 
duce the  play.  These  proceedings  called  forth  some  hot  comment  from  Mr.  Shaw, 
and  created  a  furor  of  discussion  among  Shaw's  and  Daly's  admirers  and  detractors. 

Mr.  Daly  married,  on  July  1,  1900,  Mary  Blythe,  a  niece  of  General  La  Grange, 
osf  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  They  have  one  child,  Blythe  Daly,  who  is  five  years  old. 
Mr.  Daly  is  a  Eoman  Catholic  in  religion,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  His  favorite 
pastimes  are  golf  and  horseback  riding.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs  and  The 
Players.  He  usually  spends  his  vacations  abroad,  visiting  Carlsbad,  London  and 
Paris.  His  favorite  authors  are  Bernard  Shaw.  W.  W.  Jacobs,  Mark  Twain,  Tom 
Watson  and  Ida  Tarbell;  his  favorite  music  the  operas  of  Wagner,  Puccini  and 
Bizet;  his  favorite  dramatists,  Bernard  Shaw,  Shakespeare,  Edmund  Rostand, 
Henrik  Ibsen  and  William  Gillette.  Permanent  address,  The  Lambs. 


DANIELS,  FRANK,  comedian,  was  born  in  Dayton,  Ohio,  in  1860,  where 
his  father  was  a  dentist.     When  Frank  was  very  young  the  family  moved 
to  Boston,  and  there  he  was  educated,   graduating  from   the  Lawrence 
School  and  then  attending  Pierce's  Business  College.     For  three  years  he 
was  employed  as  a  wood  engraver  by  George  Mathews,  in  Washington  street.  Boston, 
and  at  the  same  time  studied  singing  at  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music. 
Having  made  a  few  appearances  as  an  amateur,  Mr.  Daniels  made  his  professional 
debut  as  the  Sheriff,  in  "The  Chimes  of  Normandy,"  in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  in  1879. 
He  next  became  second  comedian  at  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  Boston ;  then  played  a  brief 
engagement  with  the  McCaull  Opera  Company. 

He  first  attracted  attention  with  Atkinson's  Jollities,  in  a  farce  called  "An 
Electric  Doll,"  making  a  three  years'  tour  of  the  country  and  playing  a  season  in 
England.  Returning,  Mr.  Daniels,  after  playing  in  "The  Beggar  Student,"  at  the 
old  Bijou  Theatre,  Boston,  created  the  part  of  the  Old  Sport,  in  Hoyt's  "A  Rag 
Baby."  which  he  played  for  three  years  with  such  success  that  he  became  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Hoyt,  Thomas  &  Daniels.  In  1887,  however,  he  severed  his  connec- 
tion and  starred  in  "Little  Puck,"  an  adaptation  of  the  well  known  story  by  Anstey. 
"Vice  Versa."  His  success  in  this  piece  endured  three  years,  and  he  then,  in  1891, 

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produced  "The  Attorney."  He  scored  another  success  as  Shrimps,  in  ''Princess 
Bonnie,"  hut  this  was  eclipsed  by  "The  Wizard  of  the  Xile,"  produced  in  September, 
1895,  and  Mr.  Daniels  was  established  as  a  star  of  musical  comedy.  "The  Idol's 
Eye"  and  "The  Ameer"  were  his  next  mediums:  then  came  "The  OHice  Boy."  The 
season  of  3905-'06  he  was  seen  in  "Sergeant  Brue." 


DALE,  MISS  GRETCHEN,  actress,  was  born  in  Cleveland.  Ohio,  in  1880. 
Her  father  was  a  hanker  in  that  city,  and   owned   an  extensive  estate  in 
California,  where  Miss  Dale  spent  most  of  her  earlv  days.      When   vet  a 
child  she  won  distinction  by  her  talent  for  mimicry  and  her  ability  as  an 
elocutionist.     When  fifteen  years  old  she  was  sent  to  school  in  Xew  York,  and  there 
first  felt  a  longing  for  the  stage.     After  studying  at  various  dramatic  schools  and 
attracting  attention   at   the  pupils'   performances.   Miss   Dale   made  her  first   pro- 
fessional appearance  in  the  small  part 
of    Helen    Lo\ve!l.    in    Thomas    Dixon's 
play  "The  Clansman."  which,  after  a 
stormy  season  in  the  South,  was  given 
at    the    Liberty    Theatre.    Xew    York, 
January  8,  IJXMi. 

Miss  Dale  was  ambitious  for  better 
work,  and  while  playing  her  first  small 
part  applied  for  and  obtained  permis- 
sion to  understudy  the  more  prominent 
parts.  She  obtained  her  reward  in  a 
manner  which  was  as  unexpected  as  it 
was  pathetic. 

Only  a  few  weeks  after  Miss  Dale 
joined  the  company  the  death  of 
Georgia  Welles  caused  a  readjustment 
of  the  cast,  and  Miss  Dale  became  the 
leading  ingenue  as  Xellie  Graham, 
which  she  played  for  the  balance  of  the 
season.  Her  work  in  "The  Clansman" 
so  impressed  Mr.  Dixon  that,  although 
she  was  little  more  than  a  novice,  he 
engaged  her  to  create  the  title  role  in 
his  new  play,  "The  One  Woman,"  an 
adaptation  of  his  most  recent  novel, 
produced  in  the  winter  season  of  1906. 
Since  adopting  the  stage  as  a  profession  Miss  Dale  makes  her  home  at  the  Hotel 
Majestic,  New  York. 


D'  ARVILLE,  MISS  CAMILLE,  comic  opera  prima  donna,  was  born  in 
Holland   in    1863,   and   received   her   musical   training   from   French   and 
Italian  teachers.     She  made  her  first  professional  appearance  in  London  in 
1883,  at  the  Strand  Theatre,  where  she  sang  in  a  series  of  light  operas. 
She  afterward  sang  with  the  Carl  Eosa  Opera  Company,  and  for  a  season  was 
under   the   management  of  Alexander   Henderson.     Miss   D'Arville  came   to   this 
country  in  1888  to  sing  the  part  of  Anita*  in  "The  Queen's  Mate,"  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre,   Xew  York,   Lillian  Russell   also   being  in  the  cast.     Subsequently   Miss 

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D'Arville  appeared  for  eleven  months  at  the  Casino  in  "The  Grand  Duchess,"  "Poor 
•Jonathan"  and  "La  Fille  de  Mme.  Angot."  She  then  became  the  prima  donna  of 
the  Bostonians.  singing  Arline,  in  "The  Bohemian  Girl";  Maid  Marian,  in  "Robin 
flood,"  and  Katherine,  in  "The  Knickerbockers." 

In  1893  Miss  D'Arville  joined  the  forces  of  Edward  E.  Rice  and  appeared  in 
the  title  part  in  his  production  of  "Venus"  at  the  Park  Theatre,  Boston.  After 
that  Miss  D'Arville  starred  in  many  light  operas,  making  a  pronounced  success  in 
the  title  part  in  "Madeline;  or,  the  Magic  Kiss,"  by  Stange  and  Edwardes.  Miss 
D'Arville  has  recently  been  singing  in  vaudeville  houses. 


DAVENPORT,  MISS  EVA  (MRS.  NEIL  O'BRIEN),  actress,  was  born 
in  London  and  educated  at  the  Convent  of  Notre  Dame,  in  that  city.     At 
the  age  of  fifteen  she  went  with  her  father  to  Australia.     She  had  received 
a  thorough  musical  training,  and  having  an  excellent  soprano  voice  began 
her  professional  career  by  singing,  with  Miss  Amy  Sherwin,  scenes  from  Italian 
operas.     She  played  Josephine,  in  the  first  Australian  production  of  "Pinafore/' 
and  then  became  the  prima  donna  of  the  Montague-Turner  English  Opera  Com- 
pany.    In  Australia  she  became  the  wife  of  Neil  O'Brien,  an  actor,  and  with  him 
was  engaged  to  go  to  India  with  Emily  Melville  in  a  repertoire  of  English  operas. 
After  playing  five  months  in  Calcutta  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Brien  former  their  own  com- 
pany, under  the  title  of  The  Mascot  Opera  Company.,  and  visited  Hong  Kong,  play- 
ing there  four  months,  and  Manila.     They  played  two  seasons  of  three  months  each 
in  Japan.     The  Mascot  company  lasted  four  years,  during  which  Miss  Davenport 
played  in  twenty-six  operas.     Then  Mr.  and  Mrs.  O'Brien  came  to  this  country. 

Miss  Davenport  made  her  first  appearance  in  this  country  at  the  Casino  Theatre, 
New  York,  as  the  Duchess,  in  "The  Drum  Major's  Daughter."  While  playing  the 
Princess,  in  "Erminie,"  Miss  Davenport  discovered  that  her  forte  was  comedy,  and 
she  has  since  played  nothing  but  comedy  parts.  She  played  Miss  Big,  in  "Poor 
Jonathan,"  and  then  went  on  the  road  with  Miss  Pauline  Hall,  playing  Abigail,  in 
"Puritania,"  and  the  show  woman,  in  "The  Princess  of  Trebizonde."  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  her  greatest  success  as  the  Queen  who  is  buried  alive,  in  "The  Isle  of  Cham- 
pagne." In  1897  Miss  Davenport  played  Lady  Hawser,  in  "The  French  Maid."  at 
the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  under  the  management  of  E.  E.  Rice. 
Later  engagements  were  as  Coralie,  in  "Papa's  Wife,"  with  Miss  Anna  Held  and 
Charles  Bigelow ;  Madame  Giraudet,  with  Jefferson  De  Angelis.  in  "A  Royal  Rogue," 
and  Bella,  in  "A  Silver  Slipper,"  with  Sam  Bernard.  Miss  Davenport  considers 
the  best  work  of  her  career  to  have  been  done  with  Raymond  Hitchcock,  as  the 
Spanish  widow,  Senora  Terese  Ribera.  of  Uruburu,  in  "The  Yankee  Consul."  Her 
New  York  address  is  No.  162  West  80th  street. 


DAVENPORT,  HARRY,  actor,  born  in  New  York  City,  is  one  of  a  family 
whose  name  has  been  prominent  on  the  American  stage  for  more  than  half 
a  century.     His  father,  E.  L.  Davenport,  was  considered  one  of  the  best 
Shakespearian  actors  of  his  time.     His  mother,  who  was  knoAvn  on  the 
English  stage  as  Miss  Fanny  Vining,  was  a  well  known  actress,  and  one  of  his 
sisters,    Miss   Fanny   Davenport,   was   the   famous   tragedienne.     When   the  entire 
family  was  gathered  at  the  home  at  Canton,  Pa.,  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  L.  Daven- 
port died,  there  were  nine  children,  nearly  all  of  whom,  at  some  time  or  other,  were 
players.     Miss  Blanche   Davenport,  who  was  known   on  the  stage   as  Bianca   La 
Blanche,  was  an  opera  singer  and  was  a  favorite  at  Naples:  Miss  Florence  Daven- 

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port  was  an  actress  and  singer  and  a  member  of  the  opera  company  organized  by 
John  T.  Ford,  of  Baltimore,  and  Miss  May  Davenport,  who  married  William  Sey- 
mour, the  manager,  was  a  member  of  the  famous  Boston  Museum  Stock  Company. 
Edgar  L.  Davenport,  who  received  his  early  training  at  the  Boston  Museum,  is 
still  a  prominent  leading  man,  his  most  recent  appearances  having  been  in  "The 
Crust  of  Society,"  "Cumberland,  '61,"  "Pudd'nhead  Wilson"  and  "The  Christian." 
Harry  Davenport,  the  youngest  of  the  children,  made  his  stage  debut  when  he  was 
five  years  old,  as  Damon's  boy,  in  "Damon  and  Pythias/'  in  his  father's  company. 
Soon  afterward  he  played  a  child's  part  in  "Jack  Cade."  In  his  youth  he  was  a 
member  of  the  original  juvenile  "Pinafore"  company  which  appeared  every  after- 
noon at  the  Broad  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia.  After  working  his  way  up  the 
ladder,  one  of  the  rounds  being  manager  of  the  Girard  Avenue  Theatre,  Philadel- 
phia, he  found  the  field  in  which  he  attained  great  popularity  at  the  Casino.  Xew 
York.  This  field  was  in  musical  comedy,  and  his  playing  of  roles  in  "The  Belle  of 
New  York,"  "The  Rounders,"  "The  Lady  Slavey"  and  "The  Burgomaster"  served 
to  give  him  a  fixed  foothold  as  one  of  the  leading  singing  and  dancing  comedians  of 
the  present  day.  In  the  season  of  1904-'05-'06  he  appeared  in  Lew  Fields's  "It  Hap- 
pened in  Nordland"  company.  He  married  Phyllis  Rankin,  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  McKee  Rankin. 


DAVIS,   MISS   FAY  (MRS.   GERALD  LAWRENCE),   actress,  was 
born  and  educated  in  this  country.     She  began  her  professional  career  as  a 
reader  and  reciter,  touring  the  States  with  success.     Going  to  London,  she 
made  her  first  appearance  on  the  legitimate  stage  with  Sir  Charles  Wynd- 
ham's  company  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  playing  Zoe  Nuggetson.  in  "The  Squire  of 
Dames."     In  1896  she  played  Antoinette  de  Mauban,  in  "The  Prisoner  of  Zenda," 
at  the  St.  James's  Theatre,  with  George  Alexander,  with  whom  she  also  created 
leading  parts  in  "The  Princess  and  the  Butterfly,"  "The  Tree  of  Knowledge,"  "The 
Conqueror,"  "The  Ambassador,"  "Rupert  of  Hentzau,"  "A  Debt  of  Honor"  and 
"The  Awakening."     She  also  appeared  with  Alexander  in  revivals  as  Celia  and  as 
Rosalind. 

In  1891  Miss  Davis  created  the  part  of  Iris,  in  Pinero's  play  of  that  name,  and 
the  same  year  came  to  America  to  play  leading  parts  under  the  management  of 
Charles  Frohman.  She  created  the  title  part  in  the  comedy  "All-of-a-Sudden 
Peggy." 

On  May  20,  1906,  Miss  Davis  wras  married,  in  Boston,  to  Gerald  Lawrence,  an 
English  actor,  formerly  with  Sir  Henry  Irving's  company.  Mrs.  Lawrence  signed 
to  star  in  the  fall  of  1906  in  a  dramatization  of  Mrs.  Wharton's  novel  "The  House 
of  Mirth." 


DAY,  MISS  ANNA,  actress,  was  born  in  1884,  at  Sandy  Hill.  N.  Y.,  of 
Irish-American  parentage.     At  an  early  age  she  played  parts  in  amateur 
theatricals  in  her  home  town.     She  made  her  first  professional  appear- 
ance in  Shakespearian  roles  with  Walker  Whiteside.     After  several  engage- 
ments  in  classic   drama  she   assumed   the  role   of  Jane   Bolingbrook,   in   "When 
Knighthood  Was  in  Flower,"  under  the  management  of  Sweely,  Shipman  &  Co. 
While  playing  this  part  she  was  understudy  for  the  star,  and  appeared  as  Mary 
Tudor  in  many  of  the  large  Eastern  cities  with  such  success  that  she  was  selected 
to  star  in  "When  Knighthood  Was  in  Flower"  for  the  season  of  1906-'07. 


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DA/IE,    MLLE.    ("LE    DOMINO    ROUGE")    (MRS.    MARK    A. 
LUESCHER),  premiere  danseuse.  was  born  September  16,  1884,  in  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  and  began  her  stage  career  at  the  age  of  sixteen.     She  went 
abroad  in  1900  to  study  the  classic  ballet  under  famous  masters  in  Vienna 
and  Leipsic,  and  joined  the  Court  ballet  at  St.  Petersburg  one  year  later.     After  a 
season  tlu>re  Mile.   Dazie  appeared  in  a  unique  dancing  specialty  in  the  leading 
music  halls  of  London.  Paris,  Berlin,  Breslau,  Vienna,  Budapest  and  Hamburg, 

returning  to  her  native  country  for  a 
tour  of  ten  weeks  over  the  Keith  circuit 
in  1904. 

During  that  season  her  art  attracted 
attention  among  American  managers, 
and  she  accepted  an  engagement  to  ap- 
pear at  the  Wistaria  Grove  during  the 
summer  of  that  year,  under  the  direction 
of  Messrs.  Werba  &  Luescher,  the  latter 
of  whom  made  Mile.  Dazie  his  wife  on 
September  16,  1905.  Mr.  Luescher 
conceived  the  idea  of  having  the  dancer 
appear  masked  on  her  first  appearance 
with  the  view  of  arousing  the  curiosity 
of  the  audience,  and  presented  Mile. 
Cazie,  her  features  hidden  by  a  mask, 
as  "Le  Domino  Rouge."  The  idea  was 
such  a  novel  one  that  it  caught  the 
popular  fancy,  and  Mile.  Dazie  was  the 
torliner  wherever  she  appeared.  Paris 
and  London  engagements  followed  the 
successes  in  the  United  States,  and  her 
appearances  abroad  were  no  less  note- 
worthy. Among  the  impresarios  who 
have  been  enthusiastic  admirers  of 
Mile.  Dazie's  toe  dancing  is  Oscar  Ham- 

merstein,  who,  in  searching  for  a  premiere  danseuse  to  head  his  ballet  at  the  Man- 
hattan Grand  Opera  House,  selected  her  as  the  most  distinguished. 


DAZEY,   CHARLES   TURNER,   playwright,   was   born  in   Lima,   111., 
August  12,  1853.     He  was  graduated  from  the  College  of  Arts,  Lexington, 
Ky.,  and  from  Harvard  University,  where  he  received  his  degree  of  B.  A. 
in  1881  and  was  class  poet.     His  first  dramatic  work  was  a  two  act  comedy, 
"Rustication,"  written  while  he  was  a  sophomore,  produced  by  a  college  society  and 
later  played  by  the  stock  company  at  the  Boston  Museum.     Mr.  Dazey's  first  serious 
play,  "An  American  King,"  produced  by  James  O'Neill,  was  not  successful,  nor  was 
"For  a  Brother's  Life,"  which  followed,  under  the  management  of  J.  M.  Hill.    For 
some  years  Mr.  Dazey  was  interested  in  real  estate  in  Kansas  and  Dakota,  and  wrote 
only  light  plays,  such  as  "The  Little  Maverick,"  played  by  Maggie  Mitchell  during 
her  last  season  on  the  stage.     Mr.  Dazey's  first  real  success  came  with  "In  Old 
Kentucky,"  which  was  played  for  five  consecutive  months  at  the  Academy  of  Music. 
New  York,  and  by  numerous  companies  all  over  America,  England  and  Australia. 
Other  plays  from  his  pen  are  "That  Girl  from  Texas,"  "Rival  Candidates."  "War 

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of  Wealth,"  "The  Suburban/'  "Home  Folks"  and.  in  collaboration.  "In  Mexico"  and 
"That  American." 

Mr.  Dazey  married  in  July,  1887,  Lucy  Harding.  He  is  a  member  of  The 
Lambs  and  the  Lotos  and  Dramatists'  clubs,  Xew  York.  His  home  is  Xo.  1  Madi- 
son Park,  Quincy,  111. 


I  A  VIES,  MISS  PHCEBE  (MKS.  JOSEPH  R.  GRISMER),  was  born 
in  San  Francisco,  her  father  being  Captain  David  Davies.  of  the  United 


States  steamship  Madrona.  of  the  Pacific  Squadron.     She  made  her  first 
appearance  on  the  stage,  in  1892,  as  a  member  of  the  famous  Baldwin 
Theatre    Stock    Company,   in   San    Francisco,   under  the   management   of   "Tom" 
McGuire,  playing  the  important  part  of  Hortense,  in  "Bleak  House."     She  after- 
ward played  the  part  of  Chispa,  in  Clay  M.  Greene's  play  of  that  name,  with  such 

success  that  W.  H.  Harden  made  an 
offer  to  star  her.  Feeling  she  was  too 
young,  however,  she  remained  for  two 

,  O 

seasons  as  leading  woman  of  the  Bald- 
win Stock  Company.  In  1883  she  mar- 
ried Joseph  R.  Grismer.  the  leading 
man  of  the  organization.  Miss  Davies, 
during  the  stock  engagement,  had 
played  successfully  many  parts,  includ- 
ing Ophelia,  with  Rossi,  the  Italian 
tragedian;  Juliet,  with  W.  E.  Sheridan, 
and  Rosalind,  in  a  special  production  of 
"'As  You  Like  It,"  and  soon  after  their 
marriage  Mr.  Grismer  organized  a  com- 
pany, with  himself  and  wife  as  joint 
stars,  which  played  several  seasons  in 
San  Francisco  and  throughout  the  Mid- 
dle West,  Miss  Davies  scoring  in  such 
parts  as  Rosa  Leigh,  in  "Rosedale"; 
Mercedes,  in  "Monte  Cristo";  the  lead- 
ing part  in  "The  Fool's  Revenge,"  and 
T  ady  And  ley,  in  "Lady  And  ley's  Se- 
cret." Miss  Davies  also  created  the 
I  rincipal  woman's  part  in  Hoyt's  "Mid- 
night Bell."  Her  husband  then,  in  col- 
laboration with  Clay  M.  Greene,  wrote 

"The  Xew  South,"  in  which  Mr.  Giismcr  and  Mi«s  Davies  starred  for  three  years, 
opening  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  Xew  York,  afterward  playing  at  the  Madison 
Square  Theatre  and  throughout  the  country. 

W.  A.  Brady  and  Mr.  Grismer  then  produced  "  'Way  Down  East,"  in  which  Miss 
Davies  created  the  part  of  Anna  Moore,  contributing  largely  to  the  success  of  the 
play.  Owing  to  the  fact  that  her  husband  is  part  owner  of  the  play,  Miss  Davies 
has  continued  to  play  the  part  ever  since  its  production,  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre, 
Xew  York,  in  1898.  Roughly  estimated,  Miss  Davies  has  appeared  as  Anna  Moore 
more  than  three  thousand  times.  In  the  fall  of  1906  Miss  Davies  was  considering 
an  offer  to  star  in  the  leading  role  in  "The  Kreutzer  Sonata/' 

Miss  Davies  owns  a  handsome  steam  yacht,  the  Manzanita.  Her  Xew  York 
address  is  care  of  Joseph  R.  Grismer,  Xew  York  Theatre  Building. 

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DAVIS,  RICHARD  HARDING,  novelist  and  playwright,  was  born  in 
Philadelphia  in  1864,  being  the  son  of  the  late  L.  Clarke  Davis  and  Re- 
becca  (Harding)   Davis.     He  began  life  as  a  newspaper  man  in  Phila- 
delphia and  then  joined   the  staff  of  "The  Sun,"  New  York.     At  this 
time  he  wrote  the  Van  Bibber  stories,  which  first  won  him  fame.     He  was  special 
correspondent  in  the  Spanish,  Boer  and  Russo-Japanese  wars,  and  has  also  repre- 
sented magazines  in  various   South  American  revolutions.     He  is  the  author  of 
many  novels  and  short  stories.     He  began  writing  for  the  stage  only  a  few  years 
ago,  his  first  play  being  "The  Taming  of  Helen,"  in  which  Miss  Ethel  Barrymore 
starred.     His  other  plays  are  "Ranson's  Folly,"  "The  Dictator"  and  "The"  Gal- 
loper."' 

Mr.  Davis  married  Miss  Cecil  Clark,  daughter  of  J.  M.  Clark,  of  Chicago,  April 
4,  1899.     His  home  is  at  Marion,  Mass. 


DE  BELLEVILLE,  FREDERIC,  actor,  was  born  in  Liege,  Belgium,  his 
father  being  a  colonel  and  his  brother  a  captain  in  the  Belgian  Army.     His 
great-uncle,    Charles   Rojier,   was    Prime    Minister  of   Belgium   in   1830. 
Military  service  had  no  allurements  for  him,  and,  moreover,  he  was  born  for 
the  stage,  for  he  became  a  player  while  he  was  a  lad  of  twelve  at  school.     He  was 
not  out  of  his  teens  when  he  made  his  professional  debut  at  Sanger's  Amphitheatre, 
London,  in  1873,  in  "Fair  Rosamond."     His  second  engagement  was  at  the  Theatre 

Royal,  Cambridge,  where  he  played  eight 
weeks  under  the  stage  management  of  Fred- 
erick Warde.  After  this  Mr.  De  Belleville 
began  pla}dng  in  London,  appearing  at  the 
Standard,  National  and  Gaiety  theatres,  and 
remaining  at  the  last  named  for  three  years. 
In  this  time  he  played  a  wide  range  of  parts. 
In  1879  he  went  to  Australia  and  played  in 
Melbourne  for  five  months.  His  first  appear- 
ance in  the  United  States  was  at  Baldwin's 
Theatre,  in  San  Francisco.  There  he  origi- 
nated the  role  of  Count  George  De  Maubreul, 
in  "Deception,"  and  played  in  "An  Orphan 
of  the  State,"  "The  Upper  Crust,"  "True  to 
the  Core,"  "Forget-Me-Not,"  "East  Lynne," 
"The  Galley  Slave"  and  "Fairfax."  A.  M. 
Palmer  saw  him  play  the  Dwarf,  in  "Nanon," 
at  this  time,  and  engaged  him  for  his  Union 
Square  Theatre  Company,  New  York.  After 

opening  in  Brooklyn,  on  November  8,  1880,  as  Cuthbert  Fielding,  in  Edgar  Fawcetf  s 
"The  False  Friend/'  Mr.  De  Belleville  made  his  first  appearance  before  a  Man- 
hattan audience,  playing  the  role  of  Count  de  Carojac,  in  "The  Banker's  Daughter." 
He  remained  at  the  Union  Square  for  three  seasons,  creating  while  there  the  roles 
of  Count  de  Lavard,  in  "The  Creole";  Monsieur  Cavagnac,  in  "Felicia";  Monsieur 
Octave,  in  "Raymond";  Clifford  Armytage,  in  "Lights  o'  London";  Sergeant 
Troy,  in  "Far  from  the  Madding  Crowd";  James  Rantzau,  in  "The  Rantzaus," 
and  Henri  de  Targy.  in  "A  Parisian  Romance."  He  left  the  Union  Square 
Theatre  to  go  on  a  joint  starring  tour,  under  the  management  of  John  Stetson, 
with  James  O'Neill  in  "The  Count  of  Monte  Cristo,"  in  which  he  played 
Noirtier,  and  "The  Corsican  Brothers."  From  1884  to  1885  Mr.  De  Belleville  was 

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starred  b}'  H.  C.  Miner  in  "'The  Silver  King."  In  1885  he  was  in  the  original 
cast  that  produced  "Favette"  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre.  The  season  of 
1886-'87  he  played  leading  parts  with  Rose  Coghlan  in  repertoire.  The  season 
of  1888-'89  lie  supported  Clara  Morris,  being  the  original  Dr.  Clermont,  in  the 
production  of  "Helene"  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre,  Xew  York.  While  playing 
in  Charles  Frohman's  stock  company  at  Proctor's  Twenty-third  Street  Theatre  he 
created  the  role  of  Israel  Cohen,  in  "Men  and  Women."  In  1892  he,  with  Charles 
Coghlan  and  John  T.  Sullivan,  supported  Eose  Coghlan  in  a  tour  of  this  country 
and  a  run  in  "Diplomacy,"  Mr.  De  Belleville  playing  Count  Orloff  and  Henry 
Beauclerc.  In  1894  he  supported  William  H.  Crane  in  "The  Senator."  appearing 
as  Count  von  Strath.  That  same  season  he  starred  in  "Hoodman  Blind,"  appeared 
with  the  Coghlans  again  in  "Diplomacy"  and  supported  them  in  a  revival  of 
"London  Assurance"  at  the  old  Star  Theatre,  Xew  York.  In  February,  1894.  he 
played  in  "The  War  of  Wealth."  In  1895  he  played  Count  Trast.  in  Sudermann's 
"Honor/'  and  appeared  in  the  melodrama  "The  Last  Stroke"  through  the  season 
of  1896.  In  1897  he  joined  Mrs.  Fiske's  company,  first  appearing  with  her  as 
Henri  des  Prunelles.  in  "Divorcons."  at  a  benefit  performance  at  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Theatre.  He  was  the  Alec  Stoke-D'Urberville  in  her  production  of  "Tess  of  the 
D'Urbervilles,"  the  Fabio  Ronaldi  in  "Little  Italy"  and  Henri  de  Sartorys  in 
"Frou-Frou."  In  1900  he  was  once  more  playing  Xoirtier.  He  was  the  Baron 
Bonelli  of  Viola  Allen's  production  of  Hall  Caine's  "The  Eternal  City."  In  1905 
he  once  more  joined  Mrs.  Fiske's  company,  as  Kleschna,  in  "Leah  Kleschna."  In 
May,  1906,  he  appeared  in  "The  Coward."  produced  at  McYicker's  Theatre,  Chicago. 
He  is  a  member  of  The  Plavers,  Xew  York. 


DE  ANGELIS,  JEFFERSON,  comedian,  was  born  in  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  November  30,  1859.  His  parents  had  had  stage  careers,  and  his 
uncle,.  Thomas  Rosa,  taught  him,  while  he  was  a  boy,  the  tumbling  and 
dancing  he  has  used  to  such  good  advantage  on  the  comic  opera  stage. 
He  appeared  on  the  stage  at  various  times  while  he  was  still  in  short  dresses,  and 
was  only  twelve  years  old  when  he  began  his  stage  career  as  a  variety  performer 
at  Gilbert's  Melodeon.  in  San  Francisco.  When  he  was  fourteen  he  and  his  sister 
joined  forces,  she  being  known  as  La  Petite  Sally,  and  toured  the  country  in  a 
half-hour  vaudeville  sketch.  It  was  in  this  sketch  and  at  this  age  that  Xew 
Yorkers  had  their  first  glimpse  of  the  man  who  has  since  become  one  of  their  most 
popular  comedians.  In  1880  he  and  his  sister  gave  up  the  sketch  for  a  one  act  play, 
"One  Word."  They  played  this  for  eight  weeks  in  San  Francisco,  and  then  went 
to  Australia  with  it,  presenting  it  there  for  seven  months.  While  in  Australia 
De  Angelis  determined  to  see  the  world,  and  he  did  it.  He  organized  a  company 
which  could  play  everything  from  grand  and  comic  opera  to  farce  and  burlesque, 
and  after  touring  the  principal  cities  of  Australia  with  it,  took  it  wherever  there 
was  an  European  colony  of  any  size  in  Japan,  China,  India  and  South  Africa.  This 
daring  venture  lasted  for  four  years,  and  was  marred  only  by  the  death  of  Miss 
De  Angelis,  who  died  in  1882,  in  the  middle  of  the  tour.  When  he  returned  to 
his  native  land  De  Angelis  soon  was  engaged  by  the  McCaull  Opera  Company,  his 
first  role  with  it  being  that  of  Sir  Despard,  in  "Ruddygore."  He  remained  with 
Colonel  McCaull  until  1890,  sharing  honors  with  Digby  Bell  and  De  Wolf  Hopper 
until  1890,  when  he  accepted  an  offer  from  Rudolph  Aronson  to  join  the  Casino 
company.  There  he  created  the  role  of  Poor  Jonathan,  in  the  comic  opera  of  that 
name.  In  1893  he  left  the  Casino  to  play  the  leading  comedy  role  in  "The 
Prodigal  Daughter."  returning  again  to  the  Aronson  management  the  same  season 

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to  play  the  Detective,  in  "The  Passing  Show."  His  next  engagement  was  with 
"The  Little  Trooper,"  in  which  he  played  the  leading  comedy  role  and  helped 
Delia  Fox  to  become  a  full-fledged  star.  On  September  3,  1896,  he  arrived  at  the 
long  sought  goal  himself  and  became  a  star,  the  Broadway  Theatre  and  "The 
Caliph"  being  the  setting.  This  proved  only  party  successful,  however,  and  he 
soon  gave  it  up  to  star  jointly  with  Delia  Fox  and  Lillian  Russell,  in  "The  Wedding 
Da.y,"  which  ran  until  1898.  Since  then  Mr.  De  Angelis  has  starred  at  the  head 
of  his  own  company,  presenting  "The  Royal  Rogue,"  "The  Toreador,"  "Fantana." 
etc.  The  season  of  1906-'07  he  appeared  in  "The  Girl  and  the  Governor."  He  is 
a  thirty-second  degree  Mason,  a  Mystic  Shriner  and  a  member  of  The  Lambs,  The 
Players  and  the  City  Club,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  where  his  home,  Sunnyside  Drive. 
Ludlow,  is  situated. 


DE  KOVEN,  REGINALD,  composer  of  lyrics,  religious  music  and  comic 
operas,  was  born  at  Middletown,  Conn.,  on  April  3,  1859,  his  father  being 
an  Episcopal  clergyman.  He  entered  St.  John's  College,  Oxford.  England, 
in  1879  to  complete  his  education,  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
B.  A.  While  there  he  composed  his  first  song,  "Marjorie  Daw."  His  first  operatic 
composition  was  "Cupid,  Hymen  &  Co.,"  which  was  never  produced,  the  company 
organized  to  play  it  breaking  up  just  before  the  date  set  for  the  opening  night. 
In  1887  he  wrote  "The  Begum,"  which  was  produced  by  the  McCaull  Opera  Com- 
pany, which  included  at  that  time  Digby  Bell.  De  Wolf  Hopper,  Jefferson  De 
Angelis  and  Laura  Joyce,  and  had  a  successful  run  in  New  York.  This  so.  encour- 
aged Mr.  De  Koven  that  he  went  abroad  to  study.  While  a  pupil  of  Richard 
Genee  in  Vienna  in  1889  he  wrote  his  third  opera,  "Don  Quixote."  This  was 
followed  in  1890  by  what  is  conceded  to  be  the  best  American  comic  opera,  "Robin 
Hood,"  made  famous  by  the  Bostonians,  which  is  still  as  popular  as  ever.  "The 
Knickerbockers,"  "The  Fencing  Master"  and  "The  Algerian"  followed  in  succes- 
sion, all  becoming  immensely  popular.  "The  Highwayman,"  "Rob  Roy,"  "The 
Three  Dragoons"  and  most  of  the  music  for  "The  Man  in  the  Moon"  and  "From 
Broadway  to  Tokio"  preceded  his  latest  opera,  "Happylancl,"  in  which  De  Wolf 
Hopper  starred  all  of  last  season  with  great  success.  Mr.  De  Koven's  lyrics  and 
religious  compositions  are  as  well  known  on  the  concert  platform  and  in  the 
church  choir  as  his  operatic  airs  are  on  the  stage.  In  1884  he  married  Anna 
Farwell,  the  daughter  of  the  late  Charles  B.  Farwell,  of  Chicago,  who  was  L'nited 
States  Senator  from  Illinois,  and  soon  afterward  made  New  York  his  permanent 
abode.  His  wife's  sister  is  the  wife  of  ,Hobart  Chatfield-Taylor,  of  Chicago.  He 
and  his  wife  are  the  owners  of  the  Lyric  Theatre,  New  York.  He  is  a  member  of 
The  Players  and  The  Lambs. 


DENNY,  WILLIAM  HENRY  LEIGH  (DUGMORE),  actor,  was  born 
at  Balsall  Heath,  Birmingham,  England,  in  1853,  being  the  son  of  the 
late  Henry  Thomas  Leigh  Dugmore.     He  was  educated  at  King  Edward's 
School,  Birmingham.     When  he  was  six  years  old  he  played  a  boy's  part 
at  a  provincial  theatre,  and  at  the  age  of  seventeen  he  made  his  professional  debut 
at  Dundee,  Scotland.     In  1879  he  came  to  America  with  Lydia  Thompson,  leaving 
her  to  appear  at  the  Arch  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  under  the  management  of 
the  late  Mrs.  John  Drew.     Returning  to  London,  he  joined  the  stock  company  at 
the  St.  James's  Theatre,  under  the  management  of  Hare,  and  Kendal,  and  later 
accompanied  Mrs.  Langtry  on  her  first  tour  in  England  as  her  principal  comedian. 

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In  1884  he  again  visited  this  country,  as  a  member  of  the  Lester  Wallaek  Stock 
Company,  and  in  1885  was  a  member  of  Charles  Frohman's  first  company.  Again 
returning  to  London,  he  created  the  part  of  the  rural  policeman,  in  Pinero's 
"Dandy  Dick,"  at  the  Court  Theatre,  and  followed  with  an  engagement  in  the  Gilbert 
and  Sullivan  operas  at  the  Savoy,  London,  making  his  first  appearance  at  that 
theatre  as  Wilfred  Shadbolt,  the  jailer,  in  "The  Yeomen  of  the  Guard."  and  in 
1890-"91  playing  the  Grand  Inquisitor,  in  "The  Gondoliers."  in  which  part  he 
appeared  before  Queen  Victoria  at  Windsor  Castle. 

After  the  dissolution  of  the  partnership  between  Gilbert  and  Sullivan,  he  left 
the  Savoy  company  and  joined  Arthur  Roberts  at  the  Lyric  Theatre,  where  he 
created  the  part  of  another  policeman.  thi<  time  a  city  specimen,  in  "Dandy  Dan." 
in  1897.  After  various  engagements  in  England,  and  after  the  death  of  his  wife. 
he  accepted  a  starring  Shakespearian  tour  in  Australia  and  New  Zealand,  playing 
Bottom,  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream";  Touchstone,  in  "As  You  Like  It."  and 
Malvolio,  in  ''Twelfth  Night."  On  his  return  to  London,  in  1!)<)4,  he  decided  to 
pursue  his  career  for  the  future  in  America.  He  is  the  author  of  a  farce.  "A 
Mutual  Mistake,"  and  several  other  plays.  In  1889  he  was  elected  a  life  member 
of  the  Savage  Club,  London,  in  recognition  of  his  services  during  the  five  years  of 
his  honorary  secretaryship  of  that  institution.  He  is  also  a  member  of  The  Lambs. 
Xew  York. 


DIXEY,  HENRY  E.  (HENRY  E.  DIXON),  actor,  was  born  in  Boston 
January  0.  1859,  and  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  when  he  was 
ten  years  old  at  the  Howard  Theatre,  in  his  native  town,  playing  Peanuts. 
in  the  melodrama  "Under  the  Gaslight."  Under  the  tuition  of  the  late 
.lames  S.  Maffat.  the  pantomimist.  he  learned  deportment  and  dancing,  and  when 
Edward  E.  Rice  produced  "'Evangel ine"  at  the  Globe  Theatre.  Boston,  on  .June  7, 
18V5,  Dixey's  dancing  got  him  an  engagement  to  play  the  forelegs  of  the  heifer. 
Richard  Golden  being  the  other  half  of  the  nimble  beast.  During  the  phenomenal 
run  of  "Evangel  ine"  Mr.  Dixey  played  many  other  parts,  and  gradually  worked  hi< 
way  up  to  leading  comedian  through  the  medium  of  such  productions  as  "The 
Corsair,"  "Hiawatha,"  "Horrors,"  "Robinson  Crusoe,"'  "The  Babes  in  the  Wood." 
"Revels"  and  "Cinderella  at  School."  When  the  craze  for  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 
operas  came  in  he  scored  vastly  as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  in  "Pinafore";  Bunthorne.  in 
"Patience";  John  Wellington  Wells,  in  "The  Sorcerer,"  and  the  Chancellor,  in 
"lolanthe."  He  was  also  very  successful  as  Lorenzo,  in  "The  Mascotte."  and  Sir 
Mincing  Lane,  in  "Billee  Taylor." 

For  several  seasons  Mr.  Dixey  played  a  wide  round  of  leading  comedy  parts 
under  the  management  of  John  Stetson,  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  Y/ork. 
and  then  he  produced  the  extravaganza  "Adonis,"  under  the  management  of  Mr. 
Rice.  It  was  first  played  in  Chicago  July  6,  1884,  and  on  September  4  following  it 
opened  at  the  Bijou  Opera  House,  Xew  Yrork,  and  ran  there  for  more  than  six 
hundred  nights.  May  31,  1886,  Mr.  Dixey  appeared  at  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  London, 
in  "Adonis."  hut,  except  for  his  caricature  of  Henry  Irving,  the  piece  was  not  a 
success.  A  long  tour  of  this  country  followed,  and  then  Mr.  Dixey  appeared  in  "The 
Seven  Ages,"  which,  however,  did  not  prove  a  second  "Adonis." 

After  a  season  with  "A  Man  with  a  Hundred  Heads,"  Mr.  Dixey  joined  Augustin 

Daly's  company  in  1894,  and  demonstrated  his  ability  as  a  legitimate  comedian. 

While  with  this  company  his  most  pronounced  successes  were  as  Malvolio,  in  "Twelfth 

Night";  Marcus  Brutus  Snap,  in  "A  Night  Off,"  and  the  ballet  master,  in  "7-20-8." 

After  a  period  in  vaudeville,  and  after  dabbling  with  the  profession  of  a  conjurer., 

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Mr.  Dixey,  in  1899,  appeared  as  David  Garrick,  in  "Oliver  Goldsmith,"  by  Augustus 
Thomas.  The  fall  of  1900  he  starred  in  a  dramatization  of  Dr.  S.  Weir  Mitchell's 
novel  "The  Adventures  of  Frangois,"  with  indifferent  success.  The  seasons  of 
1905-'06  to  190?  he  starred  in  "The  Man  on  the  Box."  Mr.  Dixey  is  a  member  of 
The  Lambs  and  The  Players. 


DE   WOLFE,   MISS  ELSIE  ANDERSON,  actress,  was  born  in  New 
York,  December  20,   1865,  being  the  daughter  of  the  late  Dr.   Stephen 
De  Wolfe.    On  his  death,  in  1890,  his  daughter,  being  obliged  to  earn  her 
livelihood,  elected  to  go  on  the  stage.     She  had  previously  made  her  mark 
as  an  amateur  actress,  first  appearing  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  London,  at  a  bene- 
fit for  a  church  charity,  in  "The  White  Milliner,"  in  the  presence  of  the  Prince 
and   Princess   of  Wales,  now   King  Edward  and   Queen   Alexandra.     She  after- 
ward acted  in  "The  Loan  of  a  Lover"  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Eggleston,  Washing- 
ton Square,   New  York,  and  in   1886  she  played  Lady  Seymore,  in  "A  Cup  of 
Tea."  at  the  University  Club  Theatre.     The  same  year  she  played  Lady  Clare  at 
the  opening  of  the  Tuxedo  Club  Theatre,  and  later  appeared  as  Lady  Gwendoline 
Bloomfield,  in  "Drifted  Apart/'  and  Helen,  in  "The  Hunchback,"  at  the  same  place. 
Other  parts  she  played  as  an  amateur  were  Mrs.  Prettifet,  in  "The  Mousetrap"; 
Lady  Teazle,  in  "The  School  for  Scandal,"  and  the  leading  part  in  "Contrasts." 

When  she  decided  to  become  a  professional  actress  she  obtained  an  engagement 
with  Charles  Frohman  and  made  her  first  legitimate  appearance  at  Proctor's 
Theatre,  New  York,  October  5,  1891,  as  Fabienne  Lecoulteur,  in  "Thermidor." 
She  had  studied  the  part  in  France  under  the  direction  of  A7ictorien  Sardou,  the 
author  of  the  play.  Then  followed  two  seasons  on  the  road,  in  which  she  played 
in  "Joseph,"  "Judge"  and  "Four  in  Hand."  After  playing  Eose  Eeade,  in  "Sister 
Mary,"  Miss  De  Wolfe  joined  the  Empire  stock  company,  playing  Lady  Kate 
Ffennel,  in  "The  Bauble  Shop";  Lady  Charlie  Wishanger,  in  "The  Masqueraders" ; 
Mrs.  Wanklyn,  in  "John  a-Dreams" ;  Mrs.  Glib,  in  "Christopher,  Jr.,"  and  Mrs. 
Dudley  Chumleigh,  in  "Marriage."  In  1898  Miss  De  Wolfe  made  a  pronounced 
success  as  Hclene,  in  "Catherine."  Of  late  Miss  De  Wolfe  has  forsaken  the  stage 
for  decorative  art  work.  Her  home  address  is  No.  112  East  17th  street.  New  York. 


DITEirilSTEIN,  LEO,  actor  and  playwright,  was  born  in  Austria,  his 
father  being  Count  Ditrichstein   until  he  was  deprived   of  his  title  and 
estates   because  he   supported   the   Bohemian   revolution  in    1847,   led  by 
Kossuth.     Mr.  Ditrichstein  made  his  first  appearance  as  an  actor  at  Berlin, 
where  he  had  established  a  reputation  when,  in  1890,  he  came  to  this  country  and 
made  his  first  appearance  with  the  stock  company  at  the  Irving  Place  Theatre 
under  the  management  of  Gustave  Amberg.     He  had  previously  been  leading  man 
at  the  Royal  Theatre.  Hamburg,  for  a  season.     His  first  part  in  this  country  was  in 
Suclermann's  "Honor,"  and  his  second  in  the  German  version  of  "The  Lost  Para- 
dise."    Having  mastered  the  English  language  quickly,  Mr.  Ditrichstein  was  en- 
gaged by  Charles  Frohman  for  John  Drew's  company,  and  in  1894  he  played  his 
first  English-speaking  part  in  "Mr.  Wilkinson's  Widows."     He  made  his  first  pro- 
nounced success  as  Zou  Zou  in  the  original  production  of  "Trilby"  at  the  Madison 
Square  Garden  Theatre  under  the  management  of  A.  M.  Palmer  in  1895. 

The  following  year  he  created  the  part  of  the  French  professor  in  W.  A.  Brady's 
production  of  "Under  the  Polar  Star."  He  has  since  played  light  comedy  parts  in 
many  plays,  including  some  of  his  own.  Mr.  Ditrichstein,  in  collaboration  with 

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Clyde  Fitch,  wrote  "The  Other  Man/'  which  was  produced  at  the  Garden  Theatre, 
New  York,  in  1893,  and  "A  Superfluous  Husband,"  produced  at  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Theatre,  New  York,  in  1897.  He  also  wrote  "The  Last  Appeal/'  produced  by 
Henry  B.  Harris,  and  "Are  You  a  Mason  ?"  The  season  of  1905-'06  he  appeared  in 
the  farce  "Before  and  After/'  written  by  himself.  In  December,  1896?  Mr. 
Ditrichstein  married  Mrs.  Josephine  Knoop,  the  daughter  of  Christian  Woehrle, 
proprietor  of  the  Belvidere  Hotel,  New  York,  who  had  been  divorced  from  her  hus- 
band, Louis  J.  Knoop,  a  month  previously.  Clyde  Fitch  acted  as  best  man  at  the 
weddinjr. 


DYETT,   WALTER  FAIRMAN,  actor,  was  born  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  in 
1873.     He  was  educated  at  Berkeley  School.  New  York,  and  Trinity  Col- 
lege,  Hartford,   Conn.     While   at  college  he   was   prominently  identified 
with  dramatic  entertainments,  and  upon  assuming  commercial  business  he 
still  was  associated  with  amateur  theatricals,  appearing  in  many  plays  produced  by 
The  Strollers  in  New  York.     Mr.  Dyett  made  his  fir*t  professional  appearance  in 
vaudeville  in  a  sketch  entitled  "Wanted,  a  Groom/''  which  proved  a  success.     After 

a  short  season  with  the  Proctor  Stock  Com- 
pany, at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New 
York,  he  appeared  in  a  musical  comedy  called 
"Cupid  &  Co./'  scoring  his  first  pronounced 
success. 

Mr.  Dyett  first  appeared  in  New  York  as 
the  Duke  of  Gadsbook,  in  "'Abigail/'  sup- 
porting Grace  George,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  William  A.  Brady,  in  1904.  The 
season  of  1905-'06  he  was  in  the  cast  of  "His 
Majesty/''  and  also  appeared  in  a  repertoire 
of  the  comedies  made  famous  by  the  late 
Rosina  Yokes,  under  the  management  of 
David  Henderson. 

The  fall  season  of  1906  Mr.  Dyett  played 
Artie  Endicott,  the  part  created  by  Joseph 
Coyne,  in  "The  Social  Whirl,"  opening  at  the 
Casino  Theatre,  New  York,  and  afterward 
touring  the  country  under  the  management 

of  the  Shuberts.     Mr.  Dyett  is  a  member  of  the  Green  Room  Club  and  The  Strollers, 
New  York. 


DROUET,  ROBERT,   actor  and  playwright,  was  born  in  Clinton,  la.,  in 
1870.     He  joined   a  travelling  theatrical  company  when  he  was  sixteen 
years  old  and  soon  became  a  manager  on  his  own  account,  playing  a  round 
of  Shakespearian  plays.   He  played  leading  parts  in  support  of  Robert  Down- 
ing, and  appeared  as  General  Delarouche  in  "Paul  Kauvar,"  supporting  Joseph  Ha- 
worth  and  Miss  Erne  Ellsler.     Mr.   Drouet  supported   dara  Bloodgood  in  Clyde 
Fitch's  "Girl  with  the  Green  Eyes,"  produced  at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  New  York,  in 
1903,  and  appeared  in  "A  Woman  in  the  Case"  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre.   Later 
he  played  in  "Citizen  Pierre,"  and  made  a  pronounced  success  as  John  Storm  in  "The 
Christian,"  with  Miss  Viola  Allen,  succeeding  Edwin  Morgan  in  that  role.     With 
Mary   Mannering  Mr.    Drouet   played   Colonel  Jack   Brereton,   in   "Janice   Mere- 

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dith"  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  Xew  York.  Mr.  Drouet  married  Miss  Mildred  Loring, 
October.  1897.  He  is  the  author  of  several  plays,  including  "The  White  Czar," 
"Montana,"  "Doris"  and  "An  Idyll  of  Virginia."  He  is  a  member  of  The  Players 
and  The  Lambs,  New  York. 


DOWNING,  ROBERT  L.,  actor,  was  born  in  Washington  in  1857,  and 
entered   the  profession  in   1877   at  Baltimore.     On  earning  his  spurs  he 
supported    Mary    Anderson,    Edwin    Booth.    John    McCullough.    John    E. 
Owens  and  Joseph  Jefferson.     Since  1889  he  has  starred  under  his  own 
management,  playing  such  parts  as  Yirginius  and  Spartaeus.  in  "The  Gladiator." 
He  married  Eugenie  Blair.     Mr.  Downing's  home  is  at  Edgemore,  Benninajs,  D.  C. 


D'  ORSAY,  LAWRANOE,  actor,  was  born  in  Peterborough,  England.     He 
comes  of  an  old  family  of  lawyers,  and  was  himself  educated  for  the  law, 
hut  threw  up  Blackstone  for  the  stage.     After  considerable  experience  in 
stock  companies  and    the  provinces,  with  the  usual  ups  and  downs,  Mr. 
D'Orsay  eventually  made  a  position  1'or  himself  in  London  in  "swell"  parts,  prin- 
cipally of  the  military  order,  until  of  late  years  these  special  parts  began  to  be  desig- 
nated by  authors  and  managers  as  D'Orsay  parts.     In  188(>  he  played  a  sort  of  Dun- 
dreary character  with  Minnie  Palmer, 
in    ''My    Sweetheart/'    at    the    Strand 
Theatre,     London,     and     subsequently 
made  his   first   visit   to   America  with 
Miss  Palmer  under  the  management  of 
John  R.  Rogers.     Then  followed  a  long 
series  of  engagements  in  the  principal 
Theatres    in    London    with    such    well 
known    stars    and    managers    as    John 
Hare,  Edward  Terry,  Thomas  Thorne, 
George  Edwardes,  etc.     During  a  three 
years'    engagement    with    George    Ed- 
wardes at  Daly's  Theatre.   London,  he 
created   parts   written   for   him    in   "A 
Gaiety  Girl,"  "An  Artist's  Model"  and 
"The  Geisha."     He  came  to   America 
with  "An  Artist's  Model." 

Mr.  Charles  Frohman  brought  Mr. 
D'Orsay  to  America  again  six  years  ago 
to  support  Annie  Russell  and  to  plav 
the  King  in  "A  Royal  Family,"  and 
Mr.  D'Orsay  has  stayed  here  ever  since. 
After  two  seasons  with  "A  Royal  Fam- 
ily" Mr.  Frohman  cast  him  for  a  part 
in  "The  Wilderness,"  at  the  Empire 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  it  was  his  per- 
formance in  this  play  that  influenced  Augustus  Thomas  to  write  "The  Earl  of 
Pawtucket"  for  Mr.  D'Orsay,  the  success  of  which  made  him  a  star.  The  production 
was  made  by  the  late  Kirke  La  Shelle.  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  and  it  ran 
just  a  year  in  Xew  York.  Augustus  Thomas  next  wrote  "The  Embassy  Ball"  for 

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Mr.  D'Orsay,  which  Mr.  Frohuian  accepted  and  produced.  He  ha?  engaged  Mr. 
D'Orsay  for  a  term  of  years  to  star  under  his  management.  Mr.  D'Orsay  is  a 
nienil)er  of  The  Lambs. 


DOXAGHEY,  FKEDEUH'K,  playwright  and  manager,  was  born  in  18TO 
in  Philadelphia.     He  was  graduated  from  ilie  Central  High  School  there 
and  from  Princeton  University.     He  was  on  the  staff  of  "The  Philadelphia 
Press"  in  1890,  and    correspondent    of    "The    Xe\v    York    Recorder,"  the 
dramatic  and  musical  critic  in  18%  of  "The  Philadelphia  Times."  in  1900  of  "The 
Philadelphia  North  American,"  and  in  1901 -I)?  of  "The  Philadelphia  Times."  and 
Inter  of  "The  Times-Ledger."    He  was  a  member  of  the  editorial  staff  of  "The  Phila- 
delphia Ledger"  in  19()4-'0(>.    In  1889  he  had  experience  as  an  actor  with  Augustin 
Daly's  company.    He  is  the  author  of  "The  Craft  of  Krishna."  produced  in   IS!)!); 
"One  K.  dive,"  11)01:  "Mooney  the  Mummer,"   1!H»:5:  "The  Specimen."  "The  In- 
tense Irene,"  and  "The  Lure  of  a  Lady."     He  is  also  the  author  of  "The  Points,"  an 
essay  on  punctuation,  published  in  1888.     In  1906  he  was  manager  for  Robert  Man- 
tell  and  general  representative  of  William  A.  Brady. 


DODSON,  JOHN  K.,  actor,  was  born  in  London  in  18,57'.  He  was  edu- 
cated for  the  bar,  but  found  amateur  theatricals  more  to  his  liking  than 
the  study  of  law.  He  made  his  h'r-4  professional  appearance  at  the  Princess 
Theatre,  Manchester,  England,  in  1877,  playing  a  small  part  in  "The 
Spelling  Bee."  with  the  late  ,1.  Lawrence  Toole  as  the  star.  For  two  or  three  years 
he  played  juvenile  lead  parts  in  small  companies.  He  was  advised  by  Edward 
Terry  to  try  coined}-  and  character  parts,  and  began  his  career  as  a  comedian  at 
the  Gaiety  Theatre,  Dublin,  under  the  management  of  the  late  Michael  Gunn. 
After  a  time  he  became  first  low  comedian  at  the  Royal  Theatre,  Worcester,  varying 
his  roles,  ranging  from  old  comedy  and  Shakespearian  parts  to  comedy  old  women 
in  Christmas  pantomimes.  He  supported  Joseph  Jefferson  and  J.  K.  Emmett 
when  they  were  touring  in  England,  and  for  a  time  w-is  with  W.  ('aider's  "White 
Slave"  company.  In  188(5  he  was  engaged  to  create  the  part  of  Joe  Buskin,  in 
Maud  Branscombe's  production  of  "Hearts,"  a  comedy  drama  by  Walter  Browne. 
After  creating  the  parts  of  Carraway  Bones,  in  "Turned  TTp/'  and  the  Professor, 
in  "Kleptomania,"  Mr.  Dodson  was  engaged  by  John  Clayton  to  play  Mr.  Posket, 
in  Pinero's  "The  Magistrate,"  after  which  he  became  a  member  of  the  company 
supporting  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kendal  in  1889.  With  the  Kendals  he  came  to  this 
country,  making  his  first  appearance  in  "A  Scrap  of  Paper"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Theatre.  He  remained  with  the  Kendals  as  leading  character  comedian  for  five 
years,  playing  in  this  country  and  in  London,  and  making  his  mark  in  such  parts 
as  Baron  Montrichard,  in  "The  Ladies'  Battle";  Penguin,  in  "A  Scrap  of  Paper"; 
Eadford,  in  "All  for  Her":  Moulinet,  in  "The  Iron  Master";  Sam.  in  "The  Queen's 
Shilling":  Gimnion.  in  "The  Squire";  Baron  Croodle,  in  "The  Money  Spinner"; 
Cayley  Drummie,  in  "The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray" ;  Mr.  Bargus.  in  "The  Weaker 
Sex,"  and  Captain  Mountraffe,  in  "Home." 

In  1895  Mr.  Dodson  was  engaged  by  Charles  Frohman  as  principal  comedian 
of  the  Empire  stock  company,  his  first  appearance  as  such  being  as  Keber.  in 
'"The  Bauble  Shop."  He  also  played  Montague  Lushington.  in  "The  Mas- 
queraders,"  and  the  Rev.  Stephen  Wynn,  in  "John-a- Dreams."  He  originated 
the  part  of  Cardinal  liichclieu.  in  "Fnder  the  Ked  Uobe."  and  played  John 

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MISS     MARIE     DRESSLER. 


Weather-by,  in  "Because  She  Loved  Him  So."  Mr.  Dodson  made  his  first  appear- 
ance in  a  vaudeville  house  October  29,  1900,  as  Richelieu,  in  "Richelieu's  Strategy," 
at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York.  In  1902  he  created  the  part  of 
Simonides,  in  "Ben  Hur,"  at  the  Drury  Lane  Theatre,  London,  and  subsequently 
played  it  for  long  runs  at  the  New  York  Theatre,  New  York,  and  throughout  the 
country.  After  a  season  as  a  star  in  "American  Invasion"  Mr.  Dodson  played 
Pierre  in  the  all  star  revival  of  "The  Two  Orphans"  at  the  New  Amsterdam 
Theatre  in  1904-'05.  The  season  of  1905-'OG  lie  played  the  title  part  in  Kla\v  & 
Erlanger's  production  of  "The  Prince  of  India,"  in  "The  Prodigal  Son"  and  in  a 
special  production  of  "Oliver  Twist." 

Mr.  Dodson  married  Annie  Irish,  an  actress.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Lotos, 
Green  Room  and  New  York  Whist  clubs,  and  The  Lambs  and  The  Players.  Xew 
York.  His  address  is  the  Lotos  Club,  New  York. 


DRESSLER,  MISS  MARIE,  comedienne,  was  born  in  Cobourg,  Canada. 
She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  when  she  was  sixteen  years 
old  as  Cigarette  in  a  dramatization  of  "Under  Two  Flags"  by  her  brother- 
in-law,  Richard  Ganthoriy,  also  the  author  of  a  "A  Message  from  Mars/' 
Her  next  role  was  Katisha,  in  "The  Mikado,"  with  the  Baker  Opera  Company.  Her 
first  appearance  in  New  York  was  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre  as  Cunigonde,  in 
"The  Robber  of  the  Rhine,"  an  opera  of  which  Maurice  Barrymore  wrote  the  book 
and  Charles  Puerner  the  music,  this  following  a  tour  with  the  Bennett  &  Moulton 
Opera  Compan}r,  in  which  she  played  thirty-eight  different  operatic  roles,  ranging 
from  the  prima  donna's  part  to  that  of  an  old  woman.  She  won  favor  for  the 
first  time  when  she  appeared  with  Camille  D'Arville,  in  "Madeleine,  or  the 
Magic  Kiss,"  and  became  still  more  prominent  on  the  stage  as  the  Queen  in  "1492." 
After  playing  with  Eddie  Foy  in  "Little  Robinson  Crusoe"  in  Chicago  she  appeared 
for  a  time  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  New  York,  under  the  management  of  the  late 
A.  M.  Palmer.  Following  her  support  of  Miss  Lillian  Russell,  in  "My  Lady  Nico- 
tine," she  was  engaged  by  George  W.  Lederer  to  create  at  the  Casmo,  New  York, 
the  part  of  Flo  Honeydew  in  "The  Lady  Slavey,"  the  late  Dan  Daly  also  being  in 
the  cast.  In  this  she  made  the  chief  success  of  her  career.  Her  next  important 
roles  were  the  leading  comedy  parts  in  "Hotel  Topsy  Turvey"  and  "The  Man  in  the 
Moon,"  produced  at  the  New  York  Theatre,  New  York.  She  appeared  as  a  star  in 
''Miss  Prinnt,"  and  when  that  was  retired  played  leading  roles  in  "The  King's  Car- 
nival" and  "The  Hall  of  Fame"  at  the  New  York  Theatre.  After  recovering  from  a 
serious  illness,  in  1905,  she  was  engaged  by  Joe  Weber,  and  became  the  feature  of 
"Higgledy-Piggledy,"  "The  College  Widower,"  "Twiddle  Twaddle"  and  "The  Squaw 
Man's  Girl  of  the  Golden  West,"  played  at  his  Broadway  (New  York)  music  hall. 
The  fall  of  1906  she  again  joined  the  Weber  company. 


DIXON,   THOMAS,  JR.,  playwright  and  novelist,  was  born  in  Shelby, 
N.  C.,  January  11,  1864,  being  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  and  Mrs. 
Amanda  (McAfee)  Dixon.     He  was  graduated  from  Wake  Forest  College, 
North  Carolina,  with  the  degree  of  A.  M.,  in  1883,  and  from  the  Greens- 
boro (N.  C.)  Law  School  in  1886.     He  M<as  admitted  to  the  bar  in  all  North  Caro- 
lina courts  and  the  United  States  District  and  Supreme  Court  the  same  year.     He 
held  a  scholarship  in  history  and  politics  at  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  1883-'84, 
Mr.  Dixon  was  a  member  of  the  North  Carolina  Legislature  from  1884  to  1886, 
giving  up  politics  to  enter  the  Baptist  ministry  October,  1886.     He  was  pastor  of 

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congregations  at  Raleigh.  X.  (_'.,  1887;  Boston.  Mass.,  1888-'89.  and  New  York. 
1889  to  1899.  during  which  time  he  held  Sunday  services  in  the  Academy  of  Music. 
Throughout  this  time  and  also  until  1902  he  was  a  popular  lyceum  lecturer. 

In  1902  Mr.  Dixon  retired  to  his  country  home  at  Dixonvale,  Va.,  and  devoted 
himself  entirely  to  literary  pursuits.  His  first  novel.  "The  Leopard's  Spots,"  was 
published  in  1902.  Then  followed  "The  One  Woman,"  in  1903,  and  "The  Clans- 
man" and  "The  Life  Worth  Living/'  in  1905.  That  same  year  Mr.  Dixon  entered 
the  ranks  of  dramatic  authors  with  an  adaptation  of  "The  Clansman"  which 
caused  much  comment  on  account  of  its  attitude  on  the  negro  question.  He  has 
also  adapted  "The  One  Woman"  for  the  stage,  and  lias  made  a  play  of  his  latest 
novel.  "The  Traitor/  recently  published.  Mr.  Dixon  is  vice-president  of  the 
Southern  Amusement  Company,  and  has  become  an  independent  author-manager, 
producing  his  own  plays. 

Mr.  Dixon  married  Harriet  Bussey  at  Montgomery.  Ala..  March  3.  1886.  He 
is  a  member  of  The  Players,  Xew  York. 


DKEYV,  JOHN,  actor,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  November,  1853.    His 
father,  John  Drew,  was  a  celebrated  comedian  and   Irish  character  actor. 
His  mother  was  for  many  years  a  famous  actress,  one  of  her  last  successes- 
being  as  Mrs.   Malaprop,  with  Joseph  Jefferson,  in  "The  Rivals."    John 
Drew.  Sr.,  was  manager  of  the  Arch  Street  Theatre.  Philadelphia,  when  he  died,  in 
18(52.  and  Mrs.  Dre\v  maintained  a  stock  company  at  that  theatre  until  1877.     She 
died  August  31,  1897. 

John  Drew,  the  younger,  was  educated  at  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Academy,  in 
Philadelphia,  and  did  not  adopt  the  stage  as  a  profession  until  he  was  twenty  years 
old.  He  made  his  first  appearance  at  the  Arch  Street  Theatre,  under  his  mother's 
management,  March  23.  1873,  as  Plumper,  in  the  farce,  "Cool  as  a  Cucumber/'  He 
next  played  Hornblower.  in  "The  Laughing  Hyena,"  and  during  the  next  two  years 
played  many  small  parts,  to  use  his  own  words,  "without  making  a  particular  im- 
pression with  either  the  audience  or  myself." 

Augustin  Daly  first  saw  John  Drew  in  the  part  of  Major  Alfred  Steele.  in  a  three 
act  comedy.  "Women  of  the  Day,"  in  January,  1875.  The  manager  bought  the 
comedy  and  produced  it  at  his  New  York  theatre,  with  James  Lewis  in  the  leading 
part.  A  few  weeks  later  he  engaged  Mr.  Drew,  and  in  February,  1875,  John  Drew 
made  his  first  appearance  in  New  York  with  the  Daly  company  as  Bob  Ruggles,  in 
"The  Big  Bonanza."  Then  he  appeared  in  "Pique"  and  many  light  comedies.  He 
played  his  i'nst  Shakespearian  part  in  1876.  in  support  of  Edwin  Booth,  who  had 
rented  Daly's  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre  for  a  season.  Mr.  Drew's  part  was  Rosencrantz, 
in  "Hamlet."  He  also  played  Francois,  in  "Richelieu,"  Exton,  in  "Richard  II.," 
Clavis,  in  "The  Lady  of  Lyons."  Francis,  in  "The  Stranger,"  and  Hortensio.  in 
"The  Taming  of  the  Shrew."  The  seasons  of  1877-'78  were  spent  in  support  of 
Fanny  Davenport,  who  toured  the  country  in  "As  You  Like  It"  and  other  Daly  suc- 
cesses. The  season  of  1878-'79  was  spent  with  Frederick  Warde  and  Maurice  Barry- 
more,  who  roured  the  country  as  joint  stars,  Mr.  Drew  plaving  Henry  Beauclerc,  in 
"Diplomacy." 

In  1880  Mr.  Daly  founded  the  theatre  in  Broadway,  New  York,  which  still  hears 
his  name,  and  John  Drew  "became  his  leading  man,  a  place  he  occupied  for  twelve 
years.  In  that  time  he  created  a  large  number  of  light  comedy  roles,  besides  ap- 
pearing in  many  Shakespearian  plays  and  revivals  of  old  standard  comedies.  In  the 
older  plays  his  conspicuous  successes  were  in  "The  Inconstant/  "She  Would  and  She 
Wouldn't,"  "The  Country  Girl"  and  "The  School  for  Scandal."  In  Mr.  Daly's  adap- 

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tatious  from  the  French  and  the  German  he  made  personal  successes  in  "The  Kni!- 
road  of  Love/'  "Dollars  and  Sense. "  "A  Night  Off,"  "Nancy  and  Co.."  "Seven- 
Twenty-Eight."  "The  Last  Word"  and  ''Love  in  Tandem."  usually  sharing  the 
iionors  with  Ada  Rehan.  Mr.  Drew's  work  was  fa\orably  received  in  Louden  and 
Paris  during  the  visits  of  the  Daly  company  to  Europe  in  1884.  188(5.  1888  and  1890. 

In  1892  John  Drew  became  a  star,  under  the  direction  of  Charles  Frohman. 
making  his  first  appearance  at  Palmer's  Theatre,  New  York.  October  :>.  in  Clyde 
Fitch's  adaptation  of  Aiexandre  Bisson's  comedy.  "The  Masked  Ball."  Mr.  Drew 
starred  as  Frederick  Ossian,  in  "The  Butterflies,"  by  Henrv  Guv  Carleton  ;  in  "Chris- 
topher, Jr.,"  by  Madeline  Lucette  Riley :  in  "The  Bauble  Shop."  by  Henry  Arthur 
Jones;  as  Sir  Jasper  Thorndyke,  in  "Rosemary":  in  "'A  Marriage  of  Convenience": 
as  Major  Dick  Rndyard,  in  "One  Summer's  Day,"  by  Henry  V.  Esmond,  and  as  Sir 
Christopher  Deering,  in  "The  Liars."  by  Henry  Arthur  Jones.  Other  plays  in  which 
he  lias  starred  are:  "The  Tyranny  of  Tears,"  1899-1900:  "Richard  Carvel," 
1900-'<)1 :  "The  Second  in  Command."  1901-'02  ;  "The  Mummy  and  the  Humming 
Bird."  1902-"03:  "Captain  Dieppe,"  1903-*04:  "The  Duke  of  Killicrankie."  19()4-'05, 
and  "DeLancey,"  1905-'06. 

Mr.  Drew  married  Josephine  Baker,  of  Philadelphia,  and  they  have  one 
daughter.  Their  home  is  at  Easthampton,  Long  Island.  Mr.  Drew  i<  a  member  o.f 
The  Players,  The  Lambs,  the  Green  Room  Club,  the  Actors'  Fund  Association,  the 
Racquet  and  Tennis  Club,  the  Brook  Club  and  the  Westchester  Countv  Club,  nil  of 
New  York. 


EARL,   MISS    VIRGINIA   (MRS.    FRANK    LAWTON),   actress   and 
light  opera  prima  donna,  was  born  in   Cincinnati,  Ohio,  August  (i.   187-">. 
She   made  her   first   appearance   on   the   stage   as    Xanki    Pooh,   in   "The 
Mikado."  in  1887,  while  a  member  of  the  Home  Juvenile  Opera  Company. 
She  also  played   the  principal  "tenor"  parts  in   "Patience,"  "Pinafore"  and   "The 
Pirates  of  Penzance"  with  this  organization.     A  Western  tour  with  the  Pike  Opera 
Company  ended  in  San  Francisco,  where  Miss  Earl  joined  Hallen  and  Hart,  play- 
ing in  "Later  On"  with  them   for  two  seasons.     Mis*  Earl's  next  engagement  was 
with  Edward  E.  Rice,  under  whose  management  she  spent  three  years  in  Australia, 
playing  Gabriel,  in  "Evangel irie" ;  Taggs.  in  "The  County  Fair";  Fedora,  in  "The 
Corsair,"  and  Dan  Deny,  in  "Cinderella." 

Returning  to  this  country.  Miss  Earl  played  the  lunch  counter  girl,  in  Hovt's 
farce  "A  Hole  in  the  Ground."  Then  she  joined  the  I).  W.  Truss  Opera  Company, 
playing  Mataya,  in  "Wang,"  on  the  road  for  two  seasons.  Following  this  she  made 
her  first  appearance  in  New  York  in  1893,  being  engaged  for  the  Casino  Theatre. 
where  her  first  role  was  in  "The  Passing  Show."  Roles  in  "The  Merry  World."  in 
•"Gay  New  York"  and  in  "The  Lady  Slavey"  also  served  to  show  her  ability. 

After  four  seasons  at  the  Casino  Mi^s  Earl  was  engaged  by  Angustin  Daly  to 
play  Mollie  Searnore,  in  "The  Geisha,"  in  1897.  Under  Mr.  Daly's  management 
she  also  played  Flora,  in  "Meg  Merrilies";  Ada  Rehan's  maid,  in  "The  Wonder." 
and  in  several  Shakespearian  plays.  Her  Ariel,  in  "The  Tempest,"  called  forth  the 
highest  praise.  Then  Miss  Earl  again  slipped  back  into  musical  comedy,  winning 
laurels  as  Dora,  in  "The  Circus  Girl,"  and  Winnifred  Grey,  in  "A  Runaway  Girl." 
The  death  of  Augustin  Daly  terminated  Miss  Earl's  career  at  the  theatre  bearing 
his  name,  and  she  went  back  to  the  Casino  in  1900,  making  her  reappearance  as 
Percy  Ethelbert  Frederick  Algernon  Cholmondely,  in  "The  Casino  Girl." 

Tn  the  fall  of  the  same  year  Miss  Earl  played  in  "The  Girl  from  Up  There," 
under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman,  and  later  in  "The  Belle  of  Bohemia." 

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The  season  of  1901-'02  she  played  in  "Florodora,"  at  the  Xew  York  Theatre  Winter 
Garden.  The  following  season  she  starred  in  "Sergeant  Kitty/'  under  the  manage- 
ment of  George  B.  White.  For  the  last  two  years  Miss  Earl  has  been  seen  chiefly 
at  the  vaudeville  houses. 

Miss  Earl  was  married  to  Frank  Lawton,  who  at  the  time  was  playing  the 
dancing  master  and  doing  a  whistling  specialty  in  "The  Milk  White  Flag,"  at  Hoyt's 
Theatre,  New  York.  October  15,  1894.  She  obtained  a  divorce  from  him  eight 
years  later. 


EBERLE,  EUGENE  A.,  actor,  born  in  1840,  is  an  actor  by  inheritance,  as 
his  grandfather,  Adam  Eberle,  was  an  actor,  and  his  father,  Charles  Eberle, 
and  Edwin  Forrest  made  their  professional  debuts  together  in  a  circus, 
Eberle  playing  cornet  and  Forrest  doing  flip-flaps.     Eugene  was  carried 
on  the  stage  when  he  was  four  months  old,  at  Bangor,  Me.     Twenty  years  afterward 
he  made  his  debut  in  the  same  city,  playing  Paris,  in  "Romeo  and  Juliet."     After 
a  season  in  an  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  company,  which  was  transformed  into  a  minstrel 

show,  Mr.  Eberle  supported  Charlotte  Cush- 
man,  playing  the  Apothecary,  in  "Romeo 
and  Juliet,"  and  the  Surveyor,  in  "Henry 
VII I."  He  then  went  to  New  York  to  play 
at  the  Winter  Garden,  under  W.  M.  Fleming, 
at  a  salary  of  $6  a  week,  which  he  never  got. 
Maggie  Mitchell  followed  Fleming,  and  Mr. 
Eberle  became  second  low  comedian  at  the 
Winter  Garden,  under  Stuart,  Booth  and 
Clark.  He  remained  there  four  years, 
eventually  becoming  first  comedian.  He" 
played  in  the  hundred  nights'  run  of  "Ham- 
let" in  which  Edwin  Booth  was  the  Dane  and 
Charles  Kemble  Mason  the  Ghost.  Eberle 
first  played  Second  Gravedigger,  and  about 
the  middle  of  the  run  succeeded  Thomas 
Placide  as  First  Gravedigger.  He  played 
with  the  Booth  brothers  in  "Julius  Caesar" 
the  night  in  1863  when  Southern  sympa- 
thizers tried  to  burn  New  York.  Edwin  Booth  was  the  Brutus,  Junius  Brutus 
Booth,  Jr.,  the  Cassius.  and  John  Wilkes  the  Marc  Antony.  Just  as  John  Wilkes 
began  the  funeral  oration  the  fire  department  broke  in  in  ame  to  prevent  the  firing 
of  the  theatre. 

After  many  engagements  in  support  of  stars  and  in  stock  companies,  including 
those  at  the  Leland  Opera  House,  Albany,  and  the  Boston  Theatre,  Mr.  Eberle 
joined  the  Joseph  Jefferson  company,  playing  Tackleton  in  "The  Cricket  on  the 
Hearth,"  and  Cockles,  in  "Rip  Van  Winkle,"  in  the  season  of  1885-'86.  The  next 
year  he  supported  Madame  Janauschek,  playing  Dominie  Sampson,  in  "Meg  Mer- 
rilies,"  which  he  had  previously  played  with  Charlotte  Cushman.  Then  came  three 
seasons  with  "The  Still  Alarm."  In  1890-'91  he  was  with  A.  M.  Palmer's  "Aunt 
Jack"  company.  Since  then  he  has  played  in  "Colonel  Carter  of  Carters ville," 
"Across  the  Potomac,"  "Shiloh,"  etc.,  and  he  has  supported  Robert  Mantell  and  Mar- 
garet Mather.  He  played  four  seasons  with  Otis  Skinner  and  two  with  Annie  Rus- 
sell, playing  Pete,  in  "Mice  and  Men,"  and  old  Parling,  in  "The  Younger  Miss  Par- 
ling."  He  then  played  another  season  with  Skinner,  and  was  last  seen  as  Senator 

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Koberts,  in  the  original  "The  Lion  and  the  Mouse"  company,  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre, 
New  York.  His  permanent  address  is  Box  32,  Chatham,  N.  Y. 


EDESON,    ROBERT,   was   horn   in   New   Orleans,   his   father,    George   E. 
Edeson,  being  a  well  known  comedian  and  stage  manager.     He  was  edu- 
cated in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1886  became  box  office  clerk  at  the  Park 
Theatre  there,  then  under  the  management  of  Colonel  Sinn.     The  follow- 
ing year  when  Cora  Tanner  was  to  produce  "Fascination"  there,  an  actor  cast 
for  a  minor  part  became  ill.     The   Colonel  was   in   a   dilemma.     Young  Edeson 
volunteered  to  play  the  part,  and  Colonel  Sinn  offered  to  bet  him  a  hundred  dollars 
he  could  not  succeed.    But  Edeson  did  succeed,  and  for  his  first  appearance  on  any 
stage  he  earned  $100  in  a  night.    The  following  season  Mr.  Edeson  played  a  juvenile 
part  in  a  small  company  presenting  Augustin  Daly's  "A  Night  Off."    After  a  season 
with  "The  Dark  Secret"  Mr.  Edeson  joined  Charles  Dickson's  company,  playing  in 
"Incog."     In  this  company  he  met  Ellen  Burg,  an  actress,  whom  he  made  his 
wife.     She  died  in  June,  1906. 

In  1896  Mr.  Edeson  joined  the  Empire  stock  company,  and  as  understudy  to 
William  Faversham  jumped  to  the  front  in  the  latter's  part,  Gil  De  Berault,  in. 
"Under  the  Red  Kobe."  Mr.  Edeson  next  attracted  attention  as  leading  man  in 
Amelia  Bingham's  production  of  "The  Climbers."  In  the  winter  of  1902  he  be- 
came a  star,  playing  Augustus  Thomas's  dramatization  of  Eichard  Harding  Davis's 
novel,  "Soldiers  of  Fortune."  The  season  of  1905-'06  Mr.  Edeson  starred  in 
"Strongheart,"  an  Indian  play. 


EDWARDES,  GEORGE,  manager,  was  born  in  Dublin  in  1852  and  wa* 
intended  for  the  army,  but  while  "cramming"  he  was  asked  by  his  uncle, 
the  late  Michael  Gunn,  a  Dublin  theatrical  manager,  to  look  after  his 
company,  which  was  touring  in  "The  Lady  of  Lyons."  This  glimpse  of 
management  decided  him  to  join  the  profession.  He  went  to  London  with  introduc- 
tions from  Gunn  and  was  engaged  by  D'Oyley  Carte  as  business  manager  of  the 
Opera  Comique,  and  afterward  of  the  Savoy.  He  continued  so  until  1882,  when 
he  formed  a  syndicate  and  leased  the  Gaiety  Theatre  from  the  late  John  Hollings- 
head,  becoming  its  sole  manager.  He  produced  "Jack  Sheppard,"  the  first  of  a  long 
series  of  Gaiety  successes.  "Monte  Cristo,"  "Esmeralda,"  "Buy  Bias"  and  "Car- 
men-LTp-To-Date"  followed.  Mr.  Edwardes  was  the  originator  of  that  class  of 
entertainment  known  as  "musical  comedies,"  the  first  big  successes  in  this  line  being 
"The  Shop  Girl,"  "A  Gaiety  Girl"  and  "A  Runaway  Girl."  He  became  lessee  of 
Daly's  Theatre,  London,  after  Augustin  Daly's  death,  and  there  produced  a  succes- 
sion of  musical  comedies,  including  "An  Artist's  Model,"  "Florodora."  "The  Geisha," 
"San  Toy"  and  many  others  equally  popular.  These  and  the  Gaiety  plays  were 
toured  all  over  England  and  the  United  States.  Mr.  Edwardes  has  managed  or 
been  interested  in  many  other  theatres,  either  alone  or  in  partnership  with  Charles 
Frohman,  Frank  Curzon  and  other  well  known  managers.  Practically  all  the  pieces 
which  he  has  produced  have  been  seen  in  the  United  States,  South  Africa  and  Aus- 
tralasia. He  is  the  busiest  and  most  experienced  theatrical  manager  in  London  at 
the  present  time,  if  not  in  the  entire  world.  His  chief  recreation  is  horse  racing,  and 
he  owns  a  fine  stable,  which  is  under  the  control  of  his  brother,  Major  Edwardes. 
Mr.  Edwardes  married  in  1885  Julia  Gwynn,  an  actress,  who  created  many  parts  in 
the  early  operas  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  London. 

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EDWARDS,  JULIAN,  composer,  was  born  in  Manchester,  England,  De- 
cember 17,  1855.     He  came  from  a  well  known  Scottish  musical  family,  and 
his  sisters  Fanny   (Mrs.  Harry  Clifton)  and  Annie  (Mrs.  Red  fern  Hollins) 
were  well  known  on  the  English  operatic  stage.     His  early  days  were  spent 
in  Edinburgh,  and  he  first  studied  music  at  the  University  there  under  Sir  Herbert 
Oakeley.     For  some  years  Mr.  Edwards  was  associated  with  the  Carl  Rosa  Opera 
Company,  and  in  1880  he  became  conductor  of  the  Royal  English  Opera  Company, 
a  -place  he  occupied  for  six  or  seven  years.     The  first  important  work  from  his  pen 
was  "Victorian."  a  grand  opera  in  four  acts,  the  book  of  which  was  founded  on 
Longfellow's  poem.  "The  Spanish  Student.''     This  was  produced  at  Sheffield,  Eng- 
land. March  fi,  1883,  and  afterward  played  at  Covent  Garden  Theatre,  London. 

Mr.  Edwards  came  to  this  country  in  1888  and  became  musical  director  for  many 
light  opera  companies.  While  associated  with  the  Digby  Bell  company  his  first 
light  opera.  "Jupiter,"  book  by  Harry  B.  Smith,  was  produced  April  14,  1892,  in 
Washington,  D.  C.  It  had  a  rim  of  300  nights.  At  Herrmann's  Theatre,  New 
York,  on  January  20,  1893,  the  first  joint  production  of  Stanislaus  Stange  and 
Julian  Edwards,  a  combination  which  to  some  extent  resembled  that  of  Gill)ert  and 
Sullivan  in  England,  was  produced  by  the  Manola-Mason  company.  It  was  a 
musical  comedy.  "Friend  Fritz."  founded  on  the  Erckmann-Chatrian  romance. 

Mr.  Edwards's  next  and  most  ambitious  production  in  this  country  was  a  grand 
opera  in  miniature,  "King  Rene's  Daughter,"  first  played  at  Herrmann's  Theatre, 
Xew  York,  Xovember  22,  1893.  "Madeleine,  or  the  Magic  Kiss,"  by  Stange  and 
Edwards,  was  produced  at  the  Tremont  Theatre.  Boston,  July  31,  1894,  and  after- 
ward ran  three  months  at  the  Bijou  Theatre.  Xew  York.  "The  Goddess  of  Truth," 
written  for  Lillian  Russell,  was  produced  at  Abbey's  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  February, 
1890,  and  on  October  18  of  the  same  year  "Brian  Boru,"  produced  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre.  Xew  Y'ork.  met  with  marked  success. 

Later  operas  composed  by  Mr.  Edwards  have  been  "The  Wedding  Day."  in  which 
Lillian  Russell,  Delia  Fox  and  Jefferson  De  Angelis  appeared  at  the  Casino  Theatre, 
Xew  York;  "Dolly  Yarden,"  written  for  Lulu  Glaser.  and  "When  Johnny  Comes 
Marching  Home/'  "Princess  Chic,"  "The  Jolly  Musketeer,"  for  Francis  Wilson: 
"Love's  Lottery."  for  Madame  Schumann-Hcink,  and  "The  Girl  and  the  Governor." 
Mr.  Edwards  is  also  the  composer  of  the  grand  operas  "Elfinella"  and  "Corinne." 
as  yet  unproduced,  and  the  cantatas  "The  Redeemer"  and  "The  Mermaid." 

Mr.  Edwards  married  in  Xew  York  January  9,  1889.  Philippine  Siedle,  a  well 
known  English  prim  a  donna.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Players,  The  Lambs  and 
the  Lotos  clubs  and  the  Manuscript  Society,  Xew  York.  His  home  is  at  Sunnyside 
Drive.  Lndlow.  Yonkers,  X.  Y. 


EDWARDES,  MISS   PAULA,  comedienne  arid  light  opera  singer,  was 
born  and  educated  in  Boston,.    She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage 
in  that  city  in  the  chorus  of  "Tabasco,"  of  which  Thomas  Q.  Seabrooke 
was  the  star.     She  wras  also  understudy  to  Miss  Elvia  Crox.  then  Mrs. 
Seabrooke,  and  an  opportunity  to  play  the  leading  soubrette  part  at  the  first  matinee 
of  the  play.  Miss  Crox  falling  ill.  allowed  her  to  show  her  ability.     The  following 
season  she  was  with  Hoyt's  "A  Black  Sheep"  company,  still  in  the  chorus.    Bettina 
Gerard,  who  played  the  Queen  of  Burlesque,  left  the  company  and  Miss  Edwardes 
was  promoted  to  her  place.    A  year  later,  after  appearing  in  "A  Dangerous  Maid," 
Miss  Edwardes  made  her  first  noteworthy  success  by  creating  the  part  of  Mamie 
Clancy,  a  Bowery  girl,  in  the  original  production  of  "The  Belle  of  Xew  York,"  at 
the  Casino  Theatre,  Xew  York.     She  also  played  the  part  in  London  with  the  com- 

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pany  headed  by  Edna  May.  Her  next  engagement  was  with  August  in  Daly  at  his 
New  York  Theatre,  where  she  created  the  part  of  Carmenita,  in  ''A  Runawav  Girl." 
and  gained  popularity  with  the  song  "High  Society."  Miss  Fdwardes  next  attracted 
attention  as  Louise  Jupp,  in  "The  Great  Ruby."  In  !!)()()  she  played  the  part  of 
Honorah,  in  "Mam'zelle  'Awkins."  After  appearing  in  revivals  of  "A  Runaway 
Girl"  Miss  Edwardes  became  a  star,  under  the  management  of  the  Shuberts,  play- 
ing the  title  part  in  "Winsome  Winnie/'  a  light  opera  which  ran  for  two  seasons  on 
the  road  and  was  also  seen  at  the  Casino  Theatre,  Xew  York.  The  season  of  !!)<)'> 
she  starred  in  "Princess  Beggar,"  a  comic  opera. 


EVES8OX,  MISS  ISABELLE,  actress,  was  horn  in  Xew  York  in  1*70 
and  is  descended  from  one  of  the  old    Knickerbocker  families,  her  grand- 
father being  Abraham  Bassford,  who  owned  a  large  estate  at  Fordham,  and 
her  grandmother  Mrs.  Abby  C.   Kipp.      Her  father,  Henry  Evesson,  Jr..  a 
New  York  merchant,  died  early  in  life.     Miss  Evesson  was  fourteen  years  old  when 
she  decided  on  a  stage  career.     Her  mother  took  her  to  Augustin   Daly  to  ask  his 
advice.     "What  can  you  do?"  he  asked  the  child.     "Nothing,"  she  replied,  "but   I 

am  willing  to  learn."  The  answer 
pleased  the  manager  so  that  he  engaged 
her.  and  she  remained  in  his  company 
two  years,  playing  small  parts  and  un- 
derstudying. When  she  left  Daly's 
Theatre  she  played  a  short  engagement 
with  Richard  Mansfield,  and  then  at 
Wallack's  Theatre  created  the  role  of 
Fuchsia  Leach,  in  "Moths."  After 
this  she  was  leading  woman  at  the  Bos- 
ton Museum  for  two  seasons.  Sir 
Charles  Wvndham  saw  her  there  and 
offered  her  a  prominent  part  at  his 
London  theatre,  where  she  made  a 
marked  success.  Returning  to  the 
United  States,  she  toured  as  Dearest, 
in  "Little  Lord  Fauntleroy."  While 
playing  Rosa  Leigh,  in  "Rosedale,"  she 
Ejjtt.  met  and  married  a  companion  of  her 
childhood.  Almyr  Wilder  Cooper,  a 
2MB  well  known  newspaper  man,  nephew 
of  Clark  Davis,  for  many  years  editor 
of  "The  Philadelphia  Times."  In  less 
than  two  years  Mr.  Cooper  was  killed 
<n  an  accident.  His  widow  later  as- 
sumed her  maiden  name,  accepted  an 

engagement  from  Charles  Frohman  and  returned  to  the  stage.  Miss  Evesson  was 
leading  woman  at  the  American  Theatre  when  it  first  opened  with  a  stock  company. 
She  played  two  successful  seasons  with  the  Keith  Stock  Company  at  Providence. 
R.  I.  The  season  of  1904  she  was  starred  in  "In  the  Palace  of  the  King,"  and 
the  seasons  of  190o-'0<>  she  was  leading  woman  at  Proctor's  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre, 
New  York. 


MISS     MAXINE     ELLIOTT. 


ELLIOTT,  MISS  MAXINE  (MRS.  NATHANIEL  C.  GOODWIN), 
actress,  was  born  in  Rock)  and,  Me.,  February  5,  18T3,  and  spent  much  of 
her  childhood  on  a  large  sailing  ship,  of  which  her  father.  Thomas  Dermot, 
of  Oakland,  Cal.,  was  captain.     Subsequently  she  spent  about  a  year  at  the 
convent  of  Notre  Dame,  Roxbury,  Mass.,  and  went  to  New  York  when  she  was  barely 
sixteen  years  old  to  begin  the  struggle  of  "carving  out  a  career."     She  made  her 
first  appearance  on  any  stage  in  the  part  of  Felicia  Umphraville,  in  "The  Middle- 
man," the  season  of  1890-'91  in  New  York  with  E.  S.  Willard,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  A.  M.  Palmer.     She  also  played  Virginia  Fleetwood,  in  "John  Needham's 
Double" ;  Beatrice  Selwyn,  in  "A  Fool's  Paradise,"  and  Lady  Gilding,  in  "The  Pro- 
fessor's Love  Story."     After  that  she  joined  "The  Prodigal  Daughter"  company,  at 
the  American  Theatre,  New  York,  and  remained  there  to  play  the  second  part  in 
"The  Voyage  of  Suzette,"  which  ran  only  two  or  three  weeks. 

She  then  joined  Rose  Coghlan's  company  and  played  Dora,  in  "Diplomacy"; 
Grace  Harkaway,  in  "London  Assurance";  Alice  Varney,  in  "Forget-Me-Not,"  and 
Mrs.  Allenby,  in  "A  Woman  of  .No.  Importance."  Augustin  Daly  then  engaged 
her,  and  at  his  theatre  she  appeared  in  the  title  role  of  "A  Heart  of  Ruby,"  in 
"The  Orient  Express,"  in  "A  Bundle  of  Lies"  and  in  "A  Tragedy  Rehearsal." 
She  also  played  Silvia,  in  "Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona" ;  Hermia,  in  "A  Midsummer 
Night's  Dream,"  and  Olivia,  in  "Twelfth  Night."  In  18(J5  she  went  to  London 
with  this  company,  where  her  beauty  attracted  great  attention.  After  a  summer 
engagement  with  the  Daniel  Frawley  Stock  Company  in  San  Francisco,  she  joined 
Nat  Goodwin's  company  in  1896,  becoming  his  leading  woman.  In  that, year  she 
obtained  a  divorce  from  her  first  husband,  George  A.  McDermott.  a  lawyer  and 
Mayor's  Marshal  under  Mayor  Grace  of  New  York.  She  was  married  to  Mr.  Good- 
win February  20,  1898.  With  him  she  appeared  as  Portia,  in  "The  Merchant  of 
Venice";  Hermia,  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream";  in  "An  American  Citizen," 
"The  Cowboy  and  the  Lady,"  "When  We  Were  Twenty-One"  and  many  of  the  othei 
plays  in  his  large  repertoire.  The  season  of  1903-"04  she  was  starred  by  Charles  B. 
Dillingham  in  Clyde  Fitch's  play  "Her  Own  Way,"  and  in  1905-'06  in  another 
Fitch  play,  "Her  Great  Match."  Miss  Elliott  spends  most  of  her  leisure  time 
abroad,  having  a  town  house  in  London.  Gertrude  Elliott,  also  an  actress,  now  the 
wife  of  Forbes-Robertson,  the  English  actor,  is  her  sister. 


EMERY,  EDWARD,  actor,  born  in  England,  comes  from  one  of  the  most 
famous  families  in  the  annals  of  the  English  stage.  In  1780  his  great- 
grandfather, John  Emery,  was  a  well  known  actor  and  manager  of  a  theatre 
in  the  town  of  Sunderland.  His  son,  John  Anderson  Emery,  was  a  most 
popular  London  actor  in  the  last  century,  and  Edward  Emery's  father,  the  late  Sam 
Emery,  was  the  creator  on  the  English  stage  of  many  of  the  characters  in  Dickens's 
plays,  such  as  Dan'l  Peggotty,  Cap'n  Cuttle  and  John  Browdie.  Edward  Emery's 
sister,  Winifred  Emery,  the  wife  of  Cyril  Maude,  the  well  known  London  actor- 
manager,  holds  with  Ellen  Terry  the  first  place  in  the  hearts  of  English  playgoers. 
Edward  Emery  first  came  to  the  United  States  with  one  of  Sir  Charles  Wyndham's 
companies,  and  at  the  end  of  that  company's  tour  in  this  country  joined  the  forces 
of  the  late  A.  M.  Palmer.  He  afterward  played  under  the  managements  of  Charles 
Frohman,  Liebler  &  Co.  and  Klaw  &  Erlanger.  Early  in  1906  he  became  a  member 
of  Margaret  Anglin's  "Zira"  company,  playing  the  part  of  Captain  Sylvester.  Char- 
acters in  which  he  has  achieved  prominence  have  been  Captain  Redwood,  in  "Jim 
the  Penman,"  and  Lord  Robert  ITre.  in  "The  Christian." 

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MISS     GRACE     ELLISTON. 

(Photograph   by   Aime  Dupont.) 


ELLISTOX,  MISS  GRACE,  actress,  was  horn  in  West  Virginia  and  edu- 
cated  in   Episcopal   schools.     When   she   was    seventeen   years   old  it    was 
planned  that  she  should  enter  a  convent,  hut.  her  father  dying  suddenly, 
it  became  necessary  that  she  should  aid   the  family,   and  the  stage  was 
selected  as  a  medium.     She  made  her  first  appearance  with  Daniel  Frohman's  com- 
pany,  in  "His  Excellency,   the   Governor."     She   was   then    in   "The   Tyranny   of 
Tears"  and  "Wheels  Within  Wheels."     Then  followed  three  summers  on  the  coast, 
during  which  she  played  all  kinds  of  parts  with  Henry  Millers  company. 

She  then  appeared  in  "The  Taming  of  Helen''  at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  New  York, 
where  Richard  Mansfield  engaged  her  for  his  leading  woman.  She  made  her  first 
big  success  with  him  in  "Alt  Heidelberg." 

Miss  Elliston  then  played  Olivia,  in  "Twelfth  Night."  with  Viola  Allen,  and 
then  became  leading  woman  with  Nat  Goodwin.  Finallv  she  played  her  hest  part, 
that  of  Mildred  Gresham,  with  Sarah  Cowell  Lemoyne.  in  Robert  Browning's  drama 
"A  Blot  in  the  'Scutcheon."  The  season  of  190o-'06  Miss  Elliston  created  the  part 
of  Shirlev  Rossmore,  in  "The  Lion  and  the  Mouse,"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre.  New 
York. 

Miss  Elliston's  New  York  address  is  No.  155  West  48th  street. 


ENGLANDER,.  LUDWIG,  composer,  was  born  in  Austria  and  emigrated 
from  Vienna  to  New  York  in  1882.  He  was  conductor  of  the  Thalia 
Theatre  when  Heinrich  Conried  was  director  of  it,  and  there  produced  his 
first  opera,  "The  Prince  Consort."  He  occupied  the  same  place  at  AmbergV 
German  Theatre,  wThere  his  opera,  "1776,"  was  produced.  His  first  stage  score 
for  the  English  stage  was  that  for  "The  Passing  Show,"  produced  by  George 
Lederer  at  the  Casino,  New  York,  in  which  Jefferson  De  Angelis  played.  He 
followed  "The  Passing  Show"  with  "The  Twentieth  Century  Girl."  Ther 
in  succession  followed  "A  Round  of  Pleasure,"  for  the  Rogers  Brothers;  "A 
Daughter  of  the  Revolution,"  for  Camille  D'Arville;  "The  Caliph,"  for  Jefferson 
De  Angelis;  for  Francis  Wilson  "Half  a  King."  "The  Little  Corporal"  and  "The 
Monks  of  Malabar";  "The  Rounders."  for  Thomas  Q.  Seabrooke;  "In  Gay  Paree," 
for  Mabelle  Gilman ;  "The  Casino  Girl,"  for  Virginia  Earle ;  "The  Wild  Rose,"  for 
Irene  Bentley;  "Sally  in  Our  Alley,"  for  Marie  Cab  ill;  "The  Cadet  Girl,"  for 
Christie  MacDonald ;  "The  Belle  of  Bohemia,"  for  Sam  Bernard ;  "The  Office  Boy," 
for  Frank  Daniels:  "A  Madcap  Princess,"  for  Lulu  Glaser,  and  "The  Two  Roses," 
for  Fritzi  Scheff.  In  all,  Mr.  Englander  has  written  the  music  for  thirty-five 
operas.  He  is  also  well  knowii  as  a  writer  of  popular  songs,  more  especially  in 
collaboration  with  Harry  B.  Smith.  His  home  is  No.  351  West  144th  street 
New  York. 

EVANS,  CHARLES  E.,  manager  and  actor,  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
September  6,  1856.     In  an  effort  to  pay  for  a  piano  bought  for  his  school 
a  series  of  entertainments  was  given  by  the  pupils,  and  Evans  was  applauded 
so  greatly  by  the  audiences  and  the  press  that  he  decided  to  become  a  rea] 
actor.     This  was  against  the  wishes  of  his  parents,  and  he  ran  away  from  home. 
He  first  appeared  in  various  vaudeville  companies  with  James  Niles  in  humorous 
sketches.     In  1879  he  made  a  tour  across  the  continent  with  Tony  Pastor.     Three 
years  later  Mr.  Evans  was  associated  with  Messrs.  Bryant,  Hoey  and  Niles  in  a 
company  know^n  as  the  Meteors.    The  French  sisters,  who  afterward  became  the 
wives  of  Messrs.  Hoey  and  Evans,  were  members  of  this  organization.     After  the 

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olio  the  company  presented  a  farce  called  "The  Book  Agent,"  written  for  it  by 
Frank  Dumont. 

This  farce,  in  which  Mr.  Evans  was  a  book  agent  and  Mr.  Hoey  a  tramp,  was  so 
popular  that  they  decided  to  have  it  elaborated  into  a  farce  comedy.  Charles  Hoyt 
was  engaged  to  do  this  work,  and  he  produced  from  it  "A  Parlor  Match,"  which 
was  presented  by  Evans  and  Hoey  for  many  years.  It  is  estimated  that  they  cleared 
at  least  $300.000  with  this  play.  The  partnership  of  the  two  men  was  dissolved 
with  the  last  performance  of  "A  Parlor  Match"  in  Harlem  in  1894. 

Mr.  Evans  then  abandoned  his  career  as  an  actor  and  became  a  manager.  He 
purchased  the  old  Park  Theatre,  at  Broadway  and  35th  street,  New  York,  rebuilt 
and  refurnished  it  and  opened  it  as  a  theatre  for  the  production  of  stars  and  new 
plays.  He  managed  this  house  for  several  years  under  its  new  name,  the  Herald 
Square  Theatre,  and  his  administration  was  very  successful.  He  resigned  the 
management  of  the  house  a  few  years  ago  to  return  to  the  stage. 


EYTINGE,  MISS  ROSE  (MKS.  CYRIL  8EABLE),  actress,  was  born 
in  Philadelphia  in  1835.     She  was  educated  there  and  in  Brooklyn,  where 
she  acted  as  an  amateur.     Her  first  professional  appearance  was  as  Melanie, 
in   "The   Old   Guard,"   a   one  act   drama,   at   the   Green   Street   Theatre, 
Albany,  X.   Y.,  with  Hough's  Dramatic  Company,  in   1852.     After  ten  years  in 
stock   companies,   she  made  her  first   appearance   in    New   York   at  the   Olympia 
Theatre  in  1862.     For  some  time  she  was  in  Edwin  Booth's  company,  and  in  1868 
she  was  leading  woman  in  Lester  Wallack's  company,  playing  Xancy  Sykes  and 
•Lady  Gay  Spanker  with  pronounced  success.     She  was  leading  woman  at  the  Union 
Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  creating  in  this  country  the  parts  of  Eose  Michel, 
Felicia  and  Gervaise,  in  "Drink." 

In  1880  Miss  Eytinge  went  to  London  and  supported  Barry  Sullivan  and  many 
other  English  stars.  She  returned  to  this  country  in  1884  and  played  many  engage- 
ments. Of  late  years  her  appearances  have  been  infrequent,  and  she  has  devoted 
her  time  chiefly  to  teaching  the  art  of  acting  and  to  writing  for  the  magazines. 
She  is  the  author  of  a  novel,  "It  Happened  This  Way,"  and  a  play,  "Golden 
Chains."  Miss  Eytinge  has  been  married  thrice,  first  to  David  Barnes,  next  to 
George  H.  Butler,  United  States  Consul  General  to  Egypt,  and  thirdly  to  Cyril 
Searle,  an  actor.  Her  home  is  No.  214  West  83d  street,  Xew  York. 


FAVEBSHAM,  WILLIAM  ALFRED,  actor,  was  born  at  Xo.  1  Bentic 
Terrace,  St.  John's  Wood,  London,  England,  February  12,  1868.     He  was 
the  youngest  of  thirteen  children.     He  had  been  on  the  English  stage  only 
a  few   months,  when  he  came  to  Xew  York,  in   1887,  to  support  Helen 
Hastings  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre.     He  afterward  joined  the  Lyceum  Com- 
pany, appearing  as  Eobert  Grey,  in  "The  Wife,"  and  in  "The  Highest  Bidder." 
Tiring  of  the  stage,  he  returned  to  England,  but  came  back  to  America  at  the  end 
of  1888  and  played  Leo,  in  Rider  Haggard's'  "She."     With  Mrs.  Minnie  Maddern 
Fiske,  Mr.  Faversham  played  Carrol  Glendenning,  in  "In  Spite  of  All";  Jacob 
Henderson,  in  "Caprice";  Helmer,  in  "A  Doll's  House,"  and  Valentine  and  Don 
Stephano,  in  "Featherbrain."     Returning  to  the  Lyceum  Company,  he  appeared  as 
Clement   Hale,   in   "Sweet   Lavender" ;  Lord   Seymour,   in   "The   Prince  and   the 
Pauper,"  and  Alfred  Hastings,  in  "All  the  Comforts  of  Home." 

After  a  season  with  Augustus  Pitou,  Mr.  Faversham  went  to  the  Empire  Theatre, 
Xew  York,  and  played  second  parts.     The  end  of  the  second  year  he  succeeded 

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Henry  Miller  as  leading  man,  making  his  first  appearance  in  that  capacity  as  Gil  de 
Berault,  in  "Under  the  Eed  Kobe/'  which  ran  the  entire  season.  The  following 
year  he  was  the  Eric  von  Rocleck  of  "The  Conqueror"  and  the  Lord  Algy  of  "Lord 
and  Lady  Algy."  Other  parts  played  with  the  Empire  Company  were  Lieutenant 
John  Hinds,  in  "Brother  Officers" ;  Jack  Martin,  in  "My  Lady's  Lord,"  and  Roger 
Ainslie,  in  "A  Man  and  His  Wife."  He  also  played  in  "Sowing  the  Wind/'  "Don 
Ca3sar,"  "Phroso,"  "John-a-Dreams,"  "Impudence"  and  "Letty,"  and  was  the  Romeo 
to  the  Juliet  of  Maude  Adams. 

In  March,  1902,  Mrs.  Marian  Faversham,  who  was  a  widow  when  she  was 
married  to  the  actor  ten  years  before,  obtained  an  absolute  divorce.  The  same  year 
Mr.  Faversham  married  Julie  Opp,  an  actress.  They  have  one  son,  William  Crozier 
Faversham,  born  October  31,  1905. 

Mr.  Faversham  made  one  of  the  chief  successes  of  the  1905-'OG  season  as  Jim 
Carson,  in  "The  Squaw  Man,"  by  Edwin  Milton  Royle,  which  had  a  long  run  at 
Wallack's  Theatre,  Xew  York,  under  the  management  of  Liebler  &  Co. 

Mr.  Faversham  is  one  of  the  biggest  breeders  of  bull  terriers  in  America.  He 
has  a  farm  in  the  south  of  England,  where  he  has  imported  the  American  trotting 
horse,  the  breeding  of  which  he  has  found  profitable. 


FEALY,  MISS  MAUDE,  actress,  was  born  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  March  4, 
1886.     Her  mother,  Margaret  Fealy,  was  on  the  stage  for  eighteen  years, 
and  now  conducts  the  Tabor  School  of  Acting  at  Denver,  Col.    Miss  Fealy 
first  appeared  on  the  stage  at  the  age  of  four  in  the  tableau  of  "Faust  and 
Marguerite,"  her  mother  playing  Marguerite.     As  a  pupil  of  her  mother's  school 
Miss  Fealy  appeared  in  public  as  Yera,  in  "Moths";  Juliet,  in  "Romeo  and  Juliet"; 
Galatea,  in  "Pygmalion  and  Galatea";  Louise,  in  "The  Two  Orphans";  in  "Sweet 
Lavender/'  and  as  Kathleen,  in  "Mavourneen." 

She  was  fourteen  years  old  when  Augustin  Daly  saw  her  play  Juliet  and  was 
so  impressed  that  he  engaged  her  for  five  years.  Mr.  Daly's  death  cancelled  this 
contract,  and  Miss  Fealy  was  engaged  for  Eunice,  in  "Quo  Yadis,"  by  F.  C.  Whit- 
ney, under  whose  direction  she  made  her  first  appearance  in  New  York.  This  led 
to  her  engagement  as  leading  woman  by  William  Gillette.  Miss  Fealy,  who  at  that 
time  was  sixteen  years  old,  remained  with  Mr.  Gillette  for  two  seasons,  playing  in 
this  country  and  in  England  the  role  of  Alice  Faulkner,  in  "Sherlock  Holmes." 
Her  work  in  England  attracted  E.  S.  Willard,  with  whom  she  played  Lucy,  in  "The 
Professor's  Love  Story";  Mary,  in  "The  Middleman";  Ada,  in  "David  Garrick/' 
and  Filaberta,  in  "The  Cardinal."  Following  this  engagement  Miss  Fealy  sup- 
ported Orrin  Johnson  as  a  co-star  in  "Hearts  Courageous"  at  the  Broadway  Theatre. 
She  also  played  Felicite,  in  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett's  play  "That  Man  and  I." 
The  most  important  engagement  of  her  career  was  that  of  leading  woman  with 
Sir  Henry  Irving,  she  playing  Ellen  Terry's  roles  of  Rosamonde,  in  "Becket"; 
Julie,  in  "The  Lyons  Mail" ;  X orah,  in  "Waterloo,"  and  Marie,  in  "Louis  XL"  Last 
season  Miss  Fealy  starred  as  Ernestine,  in  Martha  Morton's  "The  Truth  Tellers," 
but  ended  as  leading  woman  with  William  Collier  in  "On  the  Quiet."  Miss  Fealy 
has  appeared  at  Elitch's  Garden,  in  Denver,  every  summer  for  the  last  seven  years, 
during  which  time  she  has  appeared  in  "A  Royal  Family,"  "Prince  and  the  Pauper," 
"Dorothy  Yernon,"  "Little  Lord  Fauntleroy,"  "Mice  and  Men,"  "The  Li.ttle  Min- 
ister," "When  Knighthood  was  in  Flower,"  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  "The  Christian," 
"Faust"  and  "Lady  Dainty."  In  September,  1906,  Miss  Fealy  signed  with  John 
Cort  for  five  years,  making  her  first  appearance  as  a  star  in  the  title  role  of  Martha 
Morton's  latest  comedy,  "The  Illusion  of  Beatrice." 

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FARNUM,  DUSTIN,  actor,  was  born  at  Hampton  Beach.  Xe\v  Hampshire, 
in  1876,  his  parents  heing  G.   D.  and  Clara  Adele  Farmim.     He  has  two 
brothers,  William  and  Marshall  Farnum,  who  are  also  players.     He  began 
his  stage  career  with  his  brother  William  while  they  were  still  attending 
school  at  Locksport,  Me.,  appearing  during  the  summer  months  in  a  singing  spe- 
cialty with  a  company  of  Thomas  E.  Shea  and  in  a  singing  and  dancing  specialty 
with  the  "Hidden  Hand"  company.     His  first  professional  engagement  was  with 

the  p]thel  Tucker  Repertoire  Company,  with 
which  he  toured  the  New  England  states. 
A  season  in  stock  at  Buffalo  followed.  In 
1899  he  played  his  first  important  role  and 
first  attracted  attention  as  Lieutenant  Den- 
ton,  in  Augustus  Thomas's  "Arizona,"  under 
the  management  of  the  late  Kirke  La  Shelle. 
He  made  the  greatest  success  of  his  career 
as  the  Virginian,  in  the  dramatization  of 
Owen  Wister's  novel  of  that  name  by  Mr. 
Wister  and  the  late  Kirke  La  Shelle,  which 
opened  in  September,  1903.  and  ran  for 
twenty- two  weeks  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre, 
New  York,  and  is  still  one  of  the  most  popu- 
lar plays  on  the  stage.  Although  Mr.  Far- 
num had  never  seen  a  cowboy  and  created 
the  character  solely  by  study  of  the  novel, 
his  portrayal  of  the  type  was  so  faithful  to 
the  original  that  he  met  with  remarkable 
success  in  the  West.  H<;  is  an  enthusiastic  baseball  "fan"  and  fond  of  yachting 
and  airtomobilinsr. 


FERNANDEZ,  MISS  BIJOU  (MRS.  W.  L.  ABINGDON),  actress  was 
born  in  New  York,  being  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  E.  L.  Fernandez,  a  well 
known  theatrical  agent,  and  the  granddaughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Samuel 
Bradshaw,  who  for  years  were  attached  to  the  old  and  new  Bowery  Theatre 
companies.  Miss  Fernandez  made  her  first  appearance  when  only  a  child  at  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  as  Little  May,  in  "May  Blossom."  She  after- 
ward played  Arthur,  in  "King  John,"  with  Edwin  Booth;  Little  Meenie,  in  "Rip 
Van  Winkle,"  with  Joseph  Jefferson;  Baby  Fritz,  with  J.  K.  Emmett;  Little 
Lord  Fauntleroy,  and  Topsy,  in  the  children's  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin''  company. 
About  this  time  Augustin  Daly  signed  a  seven  years'  contract  with  her  parents  for 
the  child's  services,  and  also  undertook  complete  charge  of  her  education.  With 
the  Daly  company  she  played  many  parts,  being  especially  successful  as  Puck,  in  "A 
Midsummer  Night's  Dream."  She  was  the  youngest  Puck  ever  seen  in  this  country. 
Her  engagement  ended,  she  finished  her  education  at  the  De  Valencia  Institute  and 
returned  to  the  stage  to  play  the  grown-up  Meenie  with  Joseph  Jefferson.  After 
stock  seasons  at  Washington,  Baltimore,  Troy  and  Albany,  in  1899  she  made  a 
success  as  Rosalind,  in  "As  You  Like  It."  After  a  time  in  the  Empire  Theatre 
Stock  Company,  New  York,  she  supported  John  Drew,  in  "One  Summer's  Day" ; 
Mrs.  Fiske,  in  "Tess  of  the  D'Urbervilles,"  and  Amelia  Bingham,  in  "The  Climbers" 
and  "The  Frisky  Mrs.  Johnson." 

In  1900  Miss  Fernandez  made  a  good  impression  as  Lygia,  in  "Quo  Vadis,"  and 
was  seen  as  Alison  Devo.  in  "Hearts  Aflame."     In  1902  she  was  the  star  in  the  stock 


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company  at  the  opening  of  the  Circle  Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  in  1894  she  was  the 
Marianne  in  the  star  cast  of  "The  Two  Orphans,"  and  played  in  "The  Fair 
Exchange."  The  season  of  1906  she  played  the  leading  part  in  "The  Redskin,"  at 
the  Liberty  Theatre,  New  York,  and  afterward  Lonka,  in  "Arms  and  the  Man," 
with  Arnold  Daly.  She  was  married  to  W.  L.  Abingdon,  the  English  actor,  on 
May  29,  1906. 

FIELDS,  LEWIS  MAURICE  (LEW),  comedian,  was  born  in  Xew  York 
January  1,  1867.     He  graduated  from  the  Allen  street  public  school,  and 
began  his  career  as  an  entertainer  in  1877,  in  partnership  with  Joseph 
Weber,  playing  Dutch  corned}   sketches  at  the  East  Side  variety  houses. 
They  were  at  first  professionally  known  as  "The  Dutch   Senators."     For  nearly 
twenty  years  Weber  and  Fields  played  in  vaudeville  houses,  and  in  1885  they  formed 
their  own  company,  still  continuing  their  knockabout  acts.     Ten  years  later  they 

leased  a  small  theatre  in  Broadway, 
Xew  York,  and  founded  the  entertain- 
ment which  quickly  became  famous  and 
lasted,  as  a  successful  partnership,  until 
190-1.  During  that  time  they  had  in 
their  company  many  of  the  most  famous 
burlesque  and  light  opera  artists  of  the 
American  stage  and  produced  many 
successful  musical  entertainments, 
chiefly  written  by  Edgar  Smith,  with 
music  by  John  Stromberg. 

In  1904  the  firm  of  Weber  &  Fields 
was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Fields  formed  a 
partnership  with  Henry  Hamlin  and 
Julian  Mitchell,  producing  similar  en- 
tertainments, the  first  of  which  was  "It 
Happened  in  Xordland."  Mr.  Fields 
also  leased  a  theatre,  built  on  West  42d 
street,  Xew  York,  and  named  it  Fields's 
Theatre.  The  season  of  1906,  however, 
he  abandoned  this  and  leased  the  Her- 
ald Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  where. 
in  the  fall  he  produced  "About  Town." 
Mr.  Fields's  wife  was  Rose  Harris.  His 
home  is  Xo.  334  West  88th  street,  Xew 
York.  His  business  address  is  Herald 

Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  Fields's  Theatre  having  been  renamed  the  Hackett 
Theatre. 


FIG  MAN,  MAX,  actor,  was  born  in  Vienna,  Austria,  in  1868.     His  father, 
Bernhart,  and  his  mother,  Henrietta  Rappa  Figman,  came  to  this  country 
in  the  early  '70s.     Max  Figman  showed  histrionic  talent  at  an  early  age  and 
as  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Drawing  Room  Club  he  became  an  accom- 
plished amateur.     He  made  his  debut  at  the  age  of  sixteen  as  Prosper  Courmant, 
in  "A  Scrap  of  Paper,"  and  later  played  in  Willie  Edouin's  "Fun  in  a  Photograph 
Gallery.''"     His  first  marked  success  was  as  Jean  Frangois,  in  "Passepartout."  pro- 


duced  on  January  24,  1888,  in  Philadelphia  under  the  management  of  Imre  & 
Bolossy  Kiralfy. 

Some  of  the  parts  he  has  played  since  then  include  Captain  Jack  O'Hara,  in 
"Heartsease";  Jonas,  the  bell  ringer,  in  "Dolores";  Butterfield,  in  "Le  Voyage  de 
Suzette";  General  de  Mauch,  in  "Love's  Extract";  Captain  Dandv,  in  "Burmah"; 
Jack  McKay,  in  "The  Absent  Boy";  Dewey  Bedford,  in  "A  Ward  of  France"; 
Adhemar  Gratignon,  in  "Divorgons";  Jules  Barton,  in  "A  Misfit  Marriage";  Arthur 
Chamberlain,  in  "Club's  Baby";  Dick  Swiveller,  in  "Little  Nell  and  the  Marchion- 
ess"; Fournier,  in  "Miranda  of  the  Balcony";  Torwald  Helmar,  in  "A  Doll's 
House";  Richard  Murrv.  in  "Gretna  Green,"  and  Assessor  Brack,  in  Hedda 
Gabler." 

Mr.  Figman  starred  as  Sir  Reginald  Belsize,  in  "The  Marriage  of  Kitty," 
during  the  season  of  1904-'05  and  in  1905-'06  was  featured  as  Grand  Dudley, 
with  Florence  Roberts,  in  "Ann  La  Mont,"  and  as  Baron  von  Kleber,  in  "The 
Strength  of  the  Weak."  He  will  star  under  John  Cort's  management  the 
coming  season  in  "The  Man  On  the  Box,"  and  will  act  as  general  stage  director 
for  Mr.  Cort's  attractions  prior  to  his  starring  tour.  Mr.  Figman  is  an  excellent 
horseman  and  is  fond  of  rowing  and  fishing.  He  has  written  several  plays  and 
sketches  and  appeared  for  a  short  time  in  vaudeville  in  one  of  the  latter.  During 
his  various  engagements  with  Mrs.  Fiske  he  staged  for  her  "A  Doll's  House,"  "Mary 
of  Magdala,"  "Divorgons"  and  "Miranda  of  the  Balcony." 


FILKINS,  MISS  GRACE,  actress,  was  born  in  Philadelphia.  When  Haver- 
ly's  juvenile  "Pinafore"  company  was  formed  she  was  engaged  to  sing 
and  play  the  part  of  Josephine.  Colonel  John  A.  McCaull  saw  one  of  her 
performances  and  engaged  her  for  his  opera  company.  With  this  com- 
pany she  made  her  first  appearance  in  New  York,  playing  in  "Josephine  Sold  by  Her 
Sisters,"  at  Wallack's  Theatre.  A  year  later  she  was  enrolled  as  a  member  of  the 
Augustin  Daly  company  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  and  there  she  entered  into 
legitimate  comedy  work  with  such  artists  as  Ada  Rehan,  John  Drew  and  James  T. 
Lewis.  She  appeared  in  such  plays  as  "Love  in  Harness,"  "Nancy  &  Co.,"  "7-20-8.'" 
and  as  the  Widow,  in  "Taming  of  the  Shrew."  Since  then  she  has  played 
Madame  Olympe,  in  "Camille";  the  Duchess,  in  "Adrienne  Lecouvreur";  Phcebe,  ir 
"As  You  Like  It";  the  juvenile  role  in  "Donna  Diana";  the  page  in  "Much  Ado 
About  Nothing,"  and  minor  parts  in  "Cymbeline"  and  "Measure  for  Measure," 
under  Madame  Modjeska.  She  created  the  part  of  Fairy  Graciosa,  in  "The  Crystal 
Slipper"  and  was  in  McKee  Rankin's  "Runaway  Wife"  company.  She  has  also 
played  in  the  companies  of  Rosina  Yokes  and  the  late  Sol  Smith  Russell.  The  fall 
season  of  1906  she  appeared  in  the  initial  production  of  "The  Daughters  of  Men" 
September  24  in  Boston. 


FISKE,  HARRISON  GREY,  manager,  author  and  journalist,  was  born 
at  Harrison,  Westchester  County,  New  York,  July  30,  1861,  being  the  son 
of  Lyman  and  Jane  Maria  (Durfee)  Fiske  and  grandson  of  Jonathan  and 
Eunice   (Fiske)   Durfee,  residents  of  Wales,  Mass.     Through  both  parents 
he  is  descended  from  John  Fiske,  of  Weybred,  England,  whose  forefathers  had  dwelt 
at  Laxfield,  in  the  same  county,  since  the  time  of  Henry  IV.     Emigrating  to  New 
England  in   1648,  John  Fiske  settled  at  Watertown.     One,  if  not  more,  of  his 
numerous  descendants  bore  arms  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  Asa.  his  great-grandson, 

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being  a  lieutenant  in  Captain  Froeborn  Moulton's  company  of  minute  men  in 
Colonel  Danielson's  regiment. 

Harrison  Grey  Fiske,  after  attending  Dr.  Chapin's  Collegiate  School  in  Xew 
York,  spent  some  time  in  Europe,  and  then  returned  to  his  native  country  to  enter 
the  University  of  the  City  of  Xew  York.  His  tastes  were  literary,  and  while  at 
college  he  wrote  short  stories  and  sketches  for  magazines  and  newspapers  and 
corresponded  for  several  Western  dailies.  He  entered  journalism  regularly  as 
editorial  writer  and  dramatic  critic  on  "The  Jersey  City  Argus,"  and  later  he  held 
a  similar  post  on  "The  Xew  York  Star,"  then  under  John  Kelly's  control.  In 
July,  1879,  he  became  a  contributor  to  "The  Dramatic  Mirror,"  and  in  the  autumn 
of  the  same  year  bought  an  interest  in  the  stock  company  that  owned  it.  The  same 
year  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  paper.  At  that  time  he  was  eighteen  years 
old.  In  1883  Mr.  Fiske  obtained  a  controlling  interest  in  the  newspaper,  and  five 
years  later  became  sole  proprietor.  In  1880  he  was  dramatic  critic  of  "The  Xew 
York  Star."  Mr.  Fiske  has  advocated  encouragement  of  the  American  drama  and 
has  worked  for  the  spread  of  patriotism  in  dramatic  art.  Mr.  Fiske  married  at 
Larehmont,  X.  Y.,  March  19,  1890,  Mary  Augusta,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Maddern)  Davey,  better  known  as  Minnie  Maddern,  the  actress. 
Mr.  Fiske  entered  the  field  of  management  as  the  manager  of  Mrs.  Fiske  in  1896. 
In  1901  he  leased  the  Manhattan  Theatre.  Xew  York,  as  the  home  theatre  for 
Mrs.  Fiske,  and  conducted  it  for  five  years,  making  various  productions  during 
that  period.  He  has  also  introduced  to  the  American  stage  Bertha  Kalich.  the 
Polish  actress.  He  is  one  of  the  so-called  independent  managers  who  have  several 
times  entered  the  lists  against  the  so-called  Theatrical  Trust. 

Mr.  Fiske  is  a  trustee  of  the  Actors'  Fund,  a  member  of  the  Sons  of  the  devo- 
lution, of  the  American  Academy  of  Social  Science,  and  of  the  Zeta  Psi  Fraternity. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  American  Dramatists'  Club  and  of  the  Lotos  Club ;  was 
secretary  of  the  Goethe  Society  and  has  been  vice-president  of  the  Xew  York 
Shakespeare  Society. 


FISKE,   MRS.   MINNIE   MADDERN   (MRS.   HARRISON   GREY 
FISKE),  actress,  was  born  in  Xew  Orleans.     Her  father  was  Thomas 
Davey,  prominent  in  the  South  as  a  theatrical  manager,  and  her  mother 
Mrs.    Minnie  Maddern.   the   daughter   of  Eichard   Maddern,   an   English 
musician,  who  came  to  this  country  with  a  large  family  and  organized  a  travelling 
concert  company  composed  of  his  own  children.     The  organization  was  known  as  the 
Maddern  Family.    Mrs.  Maddern  became  a  well  known  actress  later  under  her  hus- 
band's management.  Mrs.  Fiske  was  two  years  old  when  she  first  went  on  the  stage. 
Between  acts  she  sang  a  ballad,  "Jamie  Coming  Over  the  Meadow."     As  Minnie 
Maddern  she  made  her  debut  in  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  at  the  age  of  three  years  as  the 
Duke  of  York,  in  "Eichard  III."     She  first  appeared  in  New  York  with  Laura 
Keene  in  "Hunted  Down,"  being  then  five  years  old.     She  later  played  Prince 
Arthur  in  the  revival  of  "King  John"  at  Booth's  Theatre,  New  York,  with  John 
McCullough,  Junius  Brutus  Booth  and  Agnes  Booth  in  the  cast. 

When  she  was  twelve  years  old  she  played  Francois,  in  "Eichelieu,"  and  Louise, 
in  "The  Two  Orphans."  When  thirteen  she  assumed  the  part  of  the  Widow  Mel- 
notte  with  astonishing  success.  She  played  the  round  of  child's  parts  with  Barry 
Sullivan  and  later  with  Lucille  Western.  She  was  the  original  Little  Fritz,  in  J.  K. 
Emmet's  first  production  at  Wallack's  and  Niblo's,  New  York ;  Paul,  in  "The  Octo- 
roon," at  Philadelphia;  Franko,  in  "Guy  Mannering,"  with  Mrs.  Waller;  Sybil,  in 
"A  Wolf  in  Sheep's  Clothing,"  with  Carlotta  LeClerq ;  little  Mary  Morgan,  in  "Ten 

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Nights  in  a  Barroom/'  with  Yankee  Locke  in  Boston,  and  the  child,,  m  "Across  the 
Continent,"  with  Oliver  Doud  Byron.  She  took  the  child's  part  with  E.  L.  Daven- 
port, in  "Damon  and  Pythias,"  and  other  plays,  in  Philadelphia ;  she  played  Hein- 
rich  and  Meenie,  in  "Bip  Van  Winkle" ;  Adrienne,  in  Daly's  "Monsieur  Alphonse" ; 
the  hoy's  part,  in  "The  Bosom  Friend";  Alfred,  in  the  first  road  production  of 
"Divorce";  Georgie,  in  "Frou-Frou,"  with  Mrs.  Scott-Siddons ;  the  child,  in  "The 
Chicago  Fire";  Hilda,  in  Emmet's  "Carl  and  Hilda";  Ralph  Rackstraw,  in 
Hooley's  Juvenile  "Pinafore"  Company,  and  Clip,  in  "A  Messenger  from  Jarvis 
Section."  At  the  age  of  ten  she  acted  the  Sun  God,  in  David  Bidwell's  production 
of  "The  Ice  Witch"  at  Xew  Orleans,  and  she  also  appeared  in  "Aladdin,"  "The 
White  Fawn"  and  other  spectacular  pieces. 

Brief  periods  were  spent  by  the  young  actress  in  French  or  convent  schools  in 
the  cities  of  Xew  Orleans,  St.  Louis,  Montreal  and  Cincinnati.  Her  education, 
despite  her  constant  change  of  locality,  was  methodical,  and  it  was  carefully  super- 
vised by  her  mother.  Mrs.  Fiske  became  a  star  at  the  age  of  sixteen.  After  that 
time  and  up  to  the  time  of  her  temporary  retirement  she  had  become  identified  with 
several  plays,  among  them  being  "Caprice"  and  "In  Spite  of  All."  When  she  was 
married,  in  1890,  and  retired  from  the  stage,  she  had  no  thought  of  a  permanent 
relinquishment  of  the  theatre.  On  her  return  to  the  stage  she  soon  took  a  place 
in  the  front  rank  of  American  actresses.  Her  repertoire  includes  the  parts  of  Nora, 
in  "A  Doll's  House";  Marie  Deloche,  in  "The  Queen  of  Liars"  ("La  Menteuse")  ; 
Cesarine,  in  "La  Femme  de  Claude";  Madeline,  in  "Love  Finds  the  Way"  (Mar- 
guerite Merington's  adaptation  of  the  German  play,  "Das  Recht  auf  Gliick")  ; 
Cyprienne,  in  "Divorgons" ;  Magda,  Gilberte,  in  "Frou-Frou,"  and  the  one  act 
plays  "Little  Italy,"  "A  Bit  of  Old  Chelsea,"  "A  Light  from  St.  Agnes,"  "Not 
Guilty"  and  "A  White  Pink."  Mrs.  Fiske  had  been  accepted  throughout  the 
country  as  one  of  the  foremost  American  actresses  when  in  the  spring  of  1897  she  ap- 
peared in  "Tess  of  the  D'Urbervilles"  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre,  New  York.  Subse- 
quent successes  were  Langdon  Mitchell's  comedy  entitled  "Becky  Sharp,"  founded  on 
Thackeray's  "Vanity  Fair";  "Miranda  of  the  Balcony,"  "The  Unwelcome  Mrs. 
Hatch,"  Paul  Heyse's  "Mary  of  Magdala,"  Ibsen's  "Hedda  Gabler,"  C.  M.  S. 
McLellan's  "Leah  Kleschna,"  produced  in  1905.  and  a  one  act  play  by  John  Luther 
Long  entitled  "Dolce." 


FITCH,  WILLIAM  CLYDE,  playwright,  was  born  in  New  York  May  2? 
1865.  He  was  graduated  by  Amherst  College  in  188G,  and  immediately 
started  on  a  literaiy  career.  His  first  effort  was  "A  Wave  of  Life,"  pub- 
lished in  1889.  His  first  play  was  "Betty's  Finish,"  produced  at  the  Boston 
Museum.  It  had  a  run  of  two  months.  His  next  was  "Beau  Brummel,"  written 
for  Richard  Mansfield  and  since  played  by  him  nearly  a  thousand  times.  A  com- 
plete list  of  Mr.  Fitch's  pla}rs,  the  original  plays  listed  in  the  order  of  their  produc- 
tion, and  those  for  whom  they  were  written  comprises  the  following:  Original 
Plays — "Beau  Brummel,"  for  Richard  Mansfield ;  "A  Modern  Match,"  for  the  Union 
Square  Theatre  Company;  "Pamela's  Prodigy,"  for  Mrs.  John  Wood,  in  London; 
''His  Grace  de  Grammont,"  for  Mine.  Modjeska ;  "April  Weather,"  for  Sol  Smith 
Russell;  "Nathan  Hale,"  for  Nat  Goodwin;  "The  Moth  and  the  Flame,"  for  the 
Kelcey-Shannon  company;  "Barbara  Frietchie,"  for  Julia  Marlowe;  "The  Cowboy 
and  the  Lady,"  for  Nat  Goodwin ;  "The  Climbers,"  for  Amelia  Bingham ;  "Captain 
Jinks,"  for  Ethel  Barrymore;  "Lovers'  Lane,"  for  W.  A.  Brady's  company;  "The 
Way  of  the  World,"  for  Elsie  De  Wolfe ;  "The  Girl  and  the  Judge,"  for  Annie 
Russell ;  "The  Last  of  the  Dandies,"  for  Beerbohm  Tree,  in  London ;  "The  Stub- 

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bornness  of  Gerahline."  for  Mary  Mannering:  "The  Girl  with  tin-  Given  Eyes."  for 
Clara  Bloodgood ;  "Her  Own  Way,"  for  Maxine  Elliott;  "Major  Andre."  for  Arthur 
Byron;  "Glad  of  It,"  for  Charles  Frohman's  company:  "The  Coronet  of  the 
Duchess/'  for  Clara  Bloodgood ;  "The  Woman  in  the  Case,"  for  Blanche  Walsh  ; 
"Her  Great  Match/'  for  Maxine  Elliott:  "The  Toast  of  the  Town/'  for  Viola 
Allen;  "The  Girl  Who  Has  Everything,"  for  Eleanor  Robson.  and  "Truth."  for 
Clara  Bloodgood  (in  rehearsal).  One-act  Plays — "Betty's  Finish."  for  the  Boston 
Museum  company,  and  "Frederic  Le  Maitre,"  for  Felix  Morris,  later  Henry 
Miller.  Adaptations — "The  Social  Swim,"  for  Marie  Wainwright ;  "Gossip,"  with 
Leo  Ditrichstein,  for  Mrs.  Langtry;  "The  Head  of  the  Family."  with  Leo  Ditrich- 
stein,  for  William  H.  Crane;  "A  Superfluous  Husband,"  with  Leo  Ditrichstein, 
for  William  H.  Crane;  "The  Marriage  Game";  "Bohemia."  for  the  Empire  Theatre 
company;  "The  Bird  in  the  Cage/'  for  Charles  Frohman's  company;  "The  Masked 
Ball/'  for  John  Drew;  "Sapho,"  for  Olga  Xethersole:  "Granny."  for  Mrs.  Gilbert; 
"Cousin  Billy,"  for  Francis  Wilson;  "The  Frisky  Mrs.  Johnson."  for  Amelia  Bing- 
hain,  and  "Wolfville,"  with  Willis  Steele,  for  Charles  Frohman's  company.  The 
fall  of  1900  he  dramatized  Mrs.  Edith  Wharton's  novel  "The  House  of  Mirth"  for 
Charles  Frohman.  Mr.  Fitch's  Xew  York  home  is  Xo.  113  East  40th  street.  He 
has  a  country  place,  Quiet  Corner,  at  Greenwich,  Conn. 


FOX,  MISS  DELLA  MAY  (MRS.  JACOB  DAVID  LEVY),  actress 
and  light  opera  singer,  was  born  in  St.  Louis  October  13,  1872,     Her  father 
was  A.  J.  Fox,  a  photographer.     She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage 
when  she  was  seven  years  old  as  the  Midshipmite   in  a  children's  "Pinafore" 
company.     She  next  appeared   in  a  child's  part  ill  ^'A   Celebrated   Case,"  James 
O'Xeill  being  the  star.     She  first  attracted  attention  .asHhe  creator  of  the  part  of 
Editha,  in  Augustus  Thomas's  dramatization  of  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson   Burnett's 
story.  "Editha's  Burglar."     This  was  produced  by  the  Dickson  Sketch  Club,  of  St. 
Louis,  an  organization  which  included  Augustus  Thomas  'atkL  Edgar  Smith,  both 
now  well  known  playwrights.     Miss  Fox  in  her  early  teens  joined  the  Bennett  and 
Moulton  Opera  Company  and  sang  leading  soprano  roles.     She  next  was  engaged 
by  Heinrich  Conried  for  the  soubrette  part  in  the  opera  "The  King's  Fool,"  and 
attracted  attention  with  the  song  "Fair  Columbia." 

In  May,  1890,  De  Wolf  Hopper  made  his  first  appearance  as  a  star,  in  "Castles 
in  the  Air,"  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  Xew  York.  Miss  Fox  was  selected,  chiefly 
on  account  of  her  small  stature,  to  play  the  soubrette  part  of  Blanche,  and  prin- 
cipally through  the  medium  of  the  "Athletic  Duet"  she  shared  the  success  of  the 
opera  with  the  elongated  star.  The  following  summer,  when  "Wang"  was  pro- 
duced in  Xew  York,  she  made  her  greatest  triumph  in  the  part  of  Mataya,  par- 
ticularly by  her  singing  of  "Another  Fellow."  Xext  she  appeared  with  Hopper  in 
"Panjandrum,"  and  in  August,  1894,  she  became  a  star  in  Goodwin  and  Furst's 
opera  "The  Little  Trooper,"  which  was  followed  by  "Fleur-de-Lis,"  by  the  same 
author  and  composer. 

Miss  Fox  appeared  with  Lillian  Russell  and  Jefferson  De  Angelis,  in  "The  Wed- 
ding Day/'  at  the  Casino,  New  York,  in  the  fall  of  1897,  and  the  following  year 
starred  in  "The  Little  Host."  At  this  time  she  suffered  a  serious  illness,  and  her 
life  was  despaired  of  for  months.  After  her  recovery  she  made  a  few  appearances 
in  vaudeville  in  1900.  December  26  of  that  year  she  was  married  to  Jacob  David 
Levy,  a  Xew  York  diamond  broker,  at  Boston.  Since  then  she  has  appeared  chiefly 
in  vaudeville  houses. 


FRENCH,  MISS  PAULINE,  actress,  was  born  in  California,  being  the 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Theresa  Sehrank  French.     She  was  educated  in  San 
Francisco,  and  made  her  first  professional  appearance  in  that  city  September 
21,  1895,  as  Celia,  in  "As  You  Like  It."     She  afterward  played  Rosalind, 
in  the  same  play,  at  the  Leland  Stanford  University.       At  Daly's  Theatre,  New 
York,  she  played  Lady  Constance,  in  "The  Geisha,"  and  Charlotte,  in  a  revival  of 
"The  Magistrate."     In  this  house  she  was  also  Diana,  in  "The  Lottery  of  Love," 
and  Angelica,  in  "A  Xight  Off,"  and  afterward  was  a  member  of  Henry  Dixey's 
company.     In  1904  she  went  to  London  to  fill  an  engagement  at  the  St.  James's 
Theatre,  where  she  appeared  as  Lady  Plimdale,  in  a  revival  of  "Lady   Winder- 
mere's  Fan."     In  1905  she  appeared  at  the  London  Comedy  Theatre  as  the  Duchess 
of  Carbondale,  in  "On  the  Quiet,"  with  William  Collier. " 


FOY,  EDDIE  (EDWIN  FITZGERALD),  comedian,  was  born  in  New 
York,  being  the  son  of  Richard  and  Ellen  Hennessy  Fitzgerald.     He  made 
his  first  public  appearance  in  1869  at  a  benefit  at  the  Newsboys'  Home 
at  Chicago,  doing  a  clog  dance.     In  1876  he  was  dancing  at  the  Cosmo- 
politan Varieties  in  Chicago,  and  in  1878,  with  a  partner,  as  Foy  and  Thompson, 
he  was  doing  turns  at  concert  halls  in  Kansas  City,  Dodge  City,  Kan.,  and  Lead- 
ville.     The  team  did  blackface  sketches  and  acrobratic  songs  and  dances.     In  1879 

Mr.  Foy  was  at  the  Palace  Theatre, 
Denver,  remaining  there  until  1881, 
when  he  went  to  California,  opening  at 
the  Adelphi  Theatre,  San  Francisco, 
where  he  did  white  face  specialties  in 
the  opening  "olios"  and  played  leading 
parts  in  the  dramas  which  wound  up 
the  show.  He  then  joined  Emerson's 
Minstrels,  and  after  ten  weeks  went  to 
Butte,  Mont.,  playing  in  a  variety  show 
owned  by  Gordon  and  Ritchie.  From 
there  he  went  to  the  Carncross  Min- 
trels  in  Philadelphia. 

In  1884  Mr.  Foy  joined  Kelley  and 
Mason's  company,  playing  "Tigers." 
He  then  played  six  weeks  in  the  Union 
Square  Theatre,  New  York,  with  Carrie 
Swain's  "Jack  in  the  Box"  company. 
He  then  went  to  California  and  joined 
the  Alcazar  stock  company.  After  that 
he  joined  the  George  S.  Knight  com- 
pany, playing  "Over  the  Garden  Wall." 
He  made  his  first  comedy  hit  as  the 
Lunatic,  with  Kate  Castleton,  in  1888. 
The  following  year  he  joined  David 
Henderson  at  the  Chicago  Opera  House. 

opening  in  "Cinderella ;  or,  The  Crystal  Slipper."  The  following  season  he  played 
principal  comedy  parts  in  "Bluebeard,"  and  for  successive  seasons  in  "Sinbad,  the 
Sailor,"  and  "Ali  Baba."  Mr.  Foy  then  starred  in  plays  called  "Off  the  Earth," 
"Robinson  Crusoe"  and  "The  Strange  Adventures  of  Mis?  Brown."  Then  he  played 

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in  "Topsy  Turvey"  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  nights  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre, 
New  York.  He  was  then  with  Klaw  &  Eiiang-er  n  season,  and  afterward  in  "The 
Strollers/'  at  the  Knickerbocker  Theatre.  After  a  season  in  "The  Wild  Rose"  and 
another  in  "Mr.  Bluebeard,"  Mr.  Foy  was  in  the  disaster  at  the  Iroquois  Theatre, 
Chicago, 'barely  escaping  with  his  life.  For  nine  months  he  was  the  star  of  "Piff, 
Paff,  Pouf,"  at  the  Casino  Theatre,  New  York,  and  then  he  was  starred  in  "The 
Earl  and  the  Girl"  by  the  Shuberts,  touring  with  that  piece  a  second  season,  in 
1906-'07. 

Mr.  Foy  married  Madeline  Morando,  premier  dancer.,  in  1895.     His  home  is  in 
Post  Eoad,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 


FORBES-ROBEKTSON,  JOHNSTON,  actor  and  manager,  was  born  in 
London  January  16,  1853,  being  the  son  of  John  Forbes-Robertson,  an  art 
critic  and  journalist.  He  was  educated  at  Charterhouse,  and  afterward  in 
France  and  Germany,  where  he  studied  painting.  In  1870  he  was  admitted 
as  a  student  at  the  Royal  Academy  School  of  Art,  London.  His  inclination,  how- 
ever, was  toward  the  stage,  and  in  1874  he  made  his  debut  as  Chastelard,  in  "Mary 
Stuart,"  at  the  Princess  Theatre.  He  gained  experience  under  the  management 
of  Charles  Calvert  in  Manchester,  where  he  played  with  Phelps  in  Shakespearian 
parts.  In  1880-'"81  he  supported  Mme.  Modjeska  at  the  Court  Theatre,  London, 
playing  chiefly  Shakespearian  characters,  and  in  1888  he  joined  the  Bancrofts  at 
the  Haymarket,  playing  leading  parts  with  them  up  to  July.  1885,  when  he  went  to 
the  United  States  with  Mary  Anderson. 

On  his  return  to  England  he  supported  Miss  Anderson  at  the  Lyceum,  in  "The 
Winter's  Tale,"  for  which  he  designed  the  costumes  and  appointments.  He  then 
joined  John  Hare,  playing  Dunstan  Renshaw,  in  "The  Profligate,"  at  the  Garrick 
in  1889,  and  Baron  Scarpia,  in  "La  Tosca,"  at  the  end  of  the  same  season.  In 
1890  he  appeared  in  Pinero's  "Lady  Bountiful."  Then  followed  another  American 
tour,  after  which  he  played  Buckingham  to  Irving's  Henry  VIII. 

In  1896  he  opened  the  Lyceum,  London,  under  his  own  management,  producing, 
among  other  plays,  "For  the  Crown,"  and  making  the  chief  success  of  his  career 
by  his  impersonation  of  Hamlet.  He  also  appeared  with  Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell,  in 
"Magda,"  "Macbeth"  and  "Pelleas  and  Melisande."  In  1902  he  leased  the  Lyric 
Theatre,  producing  "Mice  and  Men"  and  "The  Light  That  Failed."  He  became 
the  lessee  of  the  new  Seal  a  Theatre,  London,  which  he  opened  in  September,  1905, 
with  "The  Conqueror,"  a  drama  by  the  Duchess  of  Sutherland.  This  was  fol- 
lowed by  "For  the  Crown"  and  "Mrs.  Grundy,"  by  Madeline  Lucette  Ryley. 

In  1900  Mr.  Forbes-Robertson  married  May  Gertrude  Derniot,  an  American 
actress  known  on  the  stage  as  Gertrude  Elliott,  a  sister  of  Maxine  Elliott. 


FREEMAN,  MAX,  actor  and  stage  manager,  began  his  theatrical  career  in 
his  native  country,  Germany.     When  he  first  came  to  America  he  was  en- 
gaged as  stage  manager  of  the  Germania  Theatre,  New  York.     Later  he 
went  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  became  a  member  of  the  California  Theatre 
Stock  Company,  making  his  first  appearance  there  as  Kautchikoff,  in  the  original 
production  of  "Fatinitza"  in  English.     From  the  California  Theatre  he  went  to 
Baldwin's  Theatre  as  stage  manager  and  leading  comedian.     His  next  engagement 
was  with   the  Emily  Melville  Opera  Company,  which  produced  light  opera  with 
marked  success  in  Boston  and  Chicago.     Mr.  Freeman  first  came  into  prominence 
as  an  actor  in   New   York  by  his  playing  of  the   small   part  of  the  Waiter,  in 

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"Divorcons,"  produced  by  the  late  Henry  E.  Abbey.  He  then  turned  his  attention 
exclusively  to  adapting  and  staging  operas  and  plays.  Among  the  plays  and  operas 
he  has  staged  have  been  "Orpheus  and  Eurydice,"  "Held  by  the  Enemy,"  "The 
Rajah"  and  Bartley  Campbell's  "Siberia."  At  the  Casino,  New  York,  he  staged 
"The  Brigands,"  "The  Grand  Duchess,"  "Erminie"  and  "The  Fencing  Master." 


F  ROHM  AN,  CHARLES,  manager,  was  born  in  Sandusky,  Ohio,  June  17, 
1860.  He  is  the  younger  brother  of  Daniel  Frohman,  also  a  prominent 
manager.  When  Charles  Frohman  was  twelve  years  old  he  went  to  New 
York,  and  through  the  influence  of  Daniel,  who  was  then  a  reporter  on 
"The  New  York  Tribune,"  became  night  clerk  in  the  business  office  of  that  news- 
paper. He  attended  school  during  the  day  and  at  nine  o'clock  at  night  began  his 
work,  remaining  in  "The  Tribune"  office  until  four  o'clock  in  the  morning  and  then 
trudging  to  his  home,  two  and  a  half  miles  away.  When  he  was  fourteen  he  left 
school  and  was  employed  with  his  brother  in  the  advertising  department  of  "The 
New  York  Daily  Graphic."  There  he  worked  all  day.  At  night  he  sold  tickets  in 
the  box  office  of  Hooley's  Theatre,  Brooklyn.  To  reach  his  home  after  the  per- 
formance he  was  obliged  to  ride  six  miles. 

In  1877  he  went  West  to  take  charge  of  the  Chicago  Comedy  Company,  which 
produced  "Our  Boys"  and  similar  plays,  with  John  Dillon  as  the  star.  A  year  or 
two  later  he  joined  William  Haverly.  and  with  him  organized  the  Haverly  Masto- 
don Minstrels,  which  opened  at  the  Howard  Athenanmi,  Boston.  He  took  the 
minstrels  to  London  and  toured  with  them  successfully  in  the  English  provinces  for 
nine  months.  At  the  end  of  1879  he  again  joined  his  brother  Daniel,  who  was 
then  managing  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York.  When  Daniel  retired 
from  the  management  of  this  theatre  Charles  Frohman  managed  the  tours  of 
several  companies  sent  out  with  the  Wallack  successes.  Then  he  returned  to  New 
York  and  established  himself  as  a  dramatic  agent  in  a  little  office  in  Broadway. 
There  fortune  began  to  smile  upon  him. 

On  November  18,  1888,  Bronson  Howard's  "Shenandoah"  was  produced  at  the 
Boston  Museum.  Mr.  Frohman  was  the  agent  of  the  author.  The  play  was  not  a 
success  as  produced,  but  Mr.  Frohman  saw  great  possibilities  in  it,  and  Mr.  Howard 
agreed  to  make  the  changes  desired  by  his  agent.  Then,  although  penniless,  Mr. 
Frohman  obtained  the  entire  American  rights  to  the  play,  except  for  Boston,  and 
induced  Al.  Hayman,  a  California  manager,  and  W.  E.  Hooley  to  join  him.  Each 
of  these  advanced  $1,500,  while  Mr.  Frohman,  with  no  money  to  contribute,  under- 
took the  management.  The  play  was  then  produced  at  the  old  Star  Theatre,  New 
York.  It  was  a  tremendous  success,  and  three  years  later  the  partners  divided 
among  them  a  profit  of  $150,000,  having  paid  the  author  in  royalties  $50,000  more. 
From  that  time  on  Mr.  Frohman  was  in  the  ascendant.  In  1890  he  organized  a 
stock  company  in  what  was  then  Proctor's  Theatre,  in  West  23d  street,  New  York. 
This  finally  developed  into  the  Empire  Theatre  Stock  Company. 

In  the  mean  time  Mr.  Frohman  had  been  planning  a  combination  of  theatrical 
interests  which  would  control  the  United  States  field.  He  obtained  the  aid  of 
Al.  Hayman,  Rich  &  Harris,  of  Boston;  Nixon  &  Zimmerman,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  other  leading  and  wealthy  managers,  and  launched  what  is  known  as  the 
Theatrical  Trust.  In  a  few  years  this  organization  was  in  control  of  a  large 
number  of  the  best  theatres  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco  and  from  Boston  to 
the  Gulf.  Then  leading  stars  began  to  appear  under  the  management  of  Mr. 
Frohman.  Mr.  Frohman  next  extended  his  field  across  the  Atlantic  by  leasing 
and  managing  the  Aldwych  and  Duke  of  York's  theatres  in  London  and  becoming 

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jointly  interested  with  the  Gattis  in  the  Vaudeville  and  with  Arthur  Chudleigh 
in  the  Comedy.  He  pursued  the  same  policy  in  England  that  had  been  so  success- 
ful in  the  United  States,  producing  at  his  London  theatres  all  his  American  suc- 
cesses and  organizing  companies  to  play  them  in  the  provinces.  Tie  divides  his 
time  between  the  United  States  and  Great  Britain,  going  to  London  every  February 
and  remaining  until  July.  Nearly  every  actor  or  actress  of  the  first  rank  who 
has  come  to  America  from  England  during  the  last  ten  years  has  been  under  his 
management,  while  he  has  introduced  many  American  stars  to  the  British  public. 


F  ROHM  AN,  DANIEL,  manager,  was  born  in  Sandusky,  Ohio,  in  1853. 
He  was  one  of  three  brothers,  all  of  whom  became  theatrical  managers. 
Daniel  was  the  oldest,  Gustave  the  second  and  Charles  the  third.  In  1865 
Daniel  Frohman  went  to  New  York.  He  became  a  messenger  for  Albert 
D.  Richardson,  of  "The  Tribune"  editorial  staff.  Later  he  became  a  reporter  on 
"The  Tribune"  and  then  private  secretary  to  Horace  Greeley.  When  John  R. 
Young  founded  "The  Standard"  young  Frohman  became  business  manager,  and 
later,  and  when  the  newspaper  suspended  publication,  two  and  a  half  years  later,  Mr. 
Frohman  became  an  advertising  agent  for  "The  Graphic,"  the  first  daily  illustrated 
paper  published  in  the  United  States.  Ill  health  forced  him  to  abandon  this  busi- 
ness and  he  became  advance  man  for  Callender's  minstrels.  In  1877  he  became 
identified  with  J.  H.  Haverly,  the  first  manager  to  evolve  the  idea  of  combining 
the  business  of  a  number  of  theatres  under  one  management.  He  managed  the 
Fifth  Avenue  Theatre  for  Mr.  Haverly,  but  in  1879,  when  the  Mallory  brothers 
got  control  of  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  he  accepted  an  offer  to  manage  that 
house.  He  remained  there  until  1885,  "Hazel  Kirke,"  "Esmeralda,"  "The  Rajah" 
and  "Mayblossom"  (in  which  Georgia  Cayvan  made  her  first  appearance),  being- 
produced  there  under  his  management.  In  1886,  when  A.  M.  Palmer  took  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre.  Mr.  Frohman  obtained  control  of  the  Lyceum  Theatre  in 
Fourth  avenue,  and  organized  a  stock  company,  with  Miss  Cayvan  as  leading  woman 
and  Herbert  Kelcey  as  leading  man.  Others  in  the  company  were  Effie  Shannon, 
Katherine  Florence,  Mrs.  Walcott,  W.  J.  Le  Moyne,  Nelson  Wheatcroft  and 
Eugene  Ormond.  "The  Wife,"  the  first  play  presented  by  the  company,  ran  for  a 
season  and  the  theatre  leaped  from  obscurity  to  prominence,  where  it  stayed  until 
its  final  closing — about  fifteen  years. 

In  the  mean  time  Mr.  Frohman  had  starred  E.  H.  Sothern  and  brought  the 
Kendals  to  this  country.  "The  Wife."  "Sweet  Lavender,"  "The  Idler,"  a  revival 
of  "Old  Heads  and  Young  Hearts,"  "Lady  Bountiful,"  "Squire  Kate,"  "Merry 
Gotham,"  "The  Gray  Mare,"  "Americans  Abroad,"  "Trelawney"  and  "Rebellious 
Susan"  were  some  of  his  most  successful  plays  at  the  Lyceum. 

After  the  old  Lyceum  had  disappeared  the  new  Lyceum  was  constructed  by  Mr. 
Frohman.  In  addition  he  is  manager  of  Daly's  Theatre,  the  lease  of  which  was 
purchased  on  the  death  of  Augustin  Daly.  In  1904  Mr.  Frohman  married  Mar- 
garet Illington,  a  well  known  actress.  He  lives  in  West  79th  street,  New  York. 

FULLER,  MISS  LOIE,  dancer,  was  born  near  Chicago,  and  taken  to  that 
city  when  she  was  six  years  old.     She  was  a  precocious  girl,  and  at  that 
age  gave  a  number  of  lectures  on  temperance.     From  this  she  was  graduated 
to  the  stage,  and  in  her  teens  she  played  all  kinds  of  parts  in  Western  reper- 
toire companies.     Her  first  appearance  in  New  York  was  as  Jack  Sheppard,  in  the 
burlesque  of  that  name,  produced  at  the  Bijou  Theatre  by  Nat  Goodwin.     After  a 

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winter  in  .New  York  she  took  a  company  to  the  West  Indies,  playing  everything 
from  Topsy  to  Juliet.  Then  she  took  a  trip  to  Europe,,  and  George  Edwardes  en- 
gaged her  as  an  understudy  for  Nellie  Farren.  While  in  London  she  received  fr>  m 
a  friend  in  India  a  beautiful  white  silk  skirt,  and  this  skirt  was  the  origin  of  the 
skirt  dauqfi,  in  which  she  became  famous. 

On  returning  to  America  she  was  cast  in  a  part  in  "Quack,  M.  D.,"  in  which 
she  appeared  in  a  farcical  hypnotic  scene.  Not  knowing  just  what  to  wear,  she 
thought  of  the  .Indian  skirt.  She  fixed  it  up  with  a  silk  bodice,  fastened  it  with 
springs  over  her  shoulders,  and  in  the  unique  garb  danced  over  the  stage.  She 
discovered  that  it  caught  exquisitely  the  colors  of  the  calcium,  and  with  this  dis- 
covery came  the  creation  of  the  serpentine  dance,  with  which  the  name  of  Loie 
Fuller  thenceforward  became  identified.  She  developed  the  dance  so  well  that  it 
soon  was  the  theatrical  rage  of  two  continents. 

She  first  produced  the  dance  at  the  Casino,  New  York.  Frank  McK.ee,  the 
partner  of  Charles  Hoyt,  saw  it  and  offered  Miss  Fuller  $150  a  week  to  dance  the 
serpentine  in  Hoyt's  "A  Trip  to  Chinatown"  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre.  After 
remaining  at  the  Madison  Square  for  several  months  Miss  Fuller  sailed  for  Europe 
and  danced  in  Berlin,  Paris  and  London. 


FULLER,    MISS    MOLLIE    (MRS.    FRED    HALLEN),    actress,    waa 
born  in  Chicago,  and  with  her  sister  Loie,  when  she  was  still  a  child,  made 
her  first  appearance  in  entertainments.    She  first  attracted  attention  when, 
under  the  management    of    Edward    E.  Kice,  she  played  leading  parts  in 
many  of  his  earlier  extravaganzas.     Her  greatest  success  was  made  as  the  Twen- 
tieth Century  Girl,  in  a  musical  comedy  of  that  name.     Miss  Fuller  was  also  for 
many  seasons   a  member  of   the   Hallen   and  Hart  company,  presenting  musical 
farce  comedies,  she  having  married  Fred  Hallen.     Her  home  is  in  Whitney  avenue, 
Elmlmrst,  Long  Island,  X.  Y. 


G LASER,  MISS  LULU,  comedienne,  was  born  in  Allegheney  City,  Pa., 
on  June  2,  1874.  In  1892,  when  Francis  Wilson  and  Marie  Jansen 
were  playing  in  "The  Lion  Tamer,"  Miss  Glaser,  having  obtained  through 
a  friend  an  introduction  to  Mr.  De  Xovellis,  the  leader  of  the  orchestra 
at  the  Broadway  Theatre.  New  York,  sang  for  him  there  to  test  her  capabilities. 
The  song  was  "My  Lady's  Bower,"  and  Mr.  De  Novellis  was  so  well  pleased  that  he 
introduced  Miss  Glaser  to  Mr.  Wilson.  He  gave  her  a  place  in  the  chorus  of  "The 
Lion  Tamer,"  and  also  made  her  Miss  Jansen's  understudy.  When  the  latter 
left  the  company  to  become  a  star  Miss  Glaser  took  her  place  and  jumped  into 
immediate  popularity  as  Angelina.  In  her  first  season,  1892,  Miss  Glaser  played 
Lazuli,  in  "The  Merry  Monarch,"  and  Javotte,  in  Mr.- Wilson's  revival  of  "Erminie," 
in  both  of  which  she  increased  the  favor  bestowed  on  her  by  theatregoers.  Then 
she  played  Elverine.  in  "The  Devil's  Deputy,"  and  in  1895  Eita,  in  "The  Chief- 
tain," still  with  Mr.  Wilson,  this  being  her  first  "straight"  prima  donna  role,  two 
other  parts  first  having  been  assigned  to  her.  Next  she  played  Pierette,  in  "Half  a 
King,"  and  Jacquelin,  in  "The  Little  Corporal."  In  1899-'00  she  played  Koxane, 
in  Mr.  Wilson'?  production  of  the  opera  "Cyrano  de  Bergerac,"  and  again  appeared 
as  Javotte  in  a  revival  of  "Erminie."  The  next  season  she  appeared  as  a  star  at 
the  head  of  her  own  company  in  "Sweet  Anne  Page."  From  1901  to  1904  she 
was  under  the  management  of  Fred  Whitney  as  a  star  in  "Dolly  Varden,"  which 
had  a  six  months'  run  at  the  Herald  Sguare  Theatre,  New  York.  From  1904  to 

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1906  she  was  under  the  management  of  Charles  B.  Dilliiiglumi,  and  starred  in  two 
of  the  most  successful  parts  of  her  career  in  "The  Madcap  Princess''  and  "Miss 
Dolly  Dollars."  Miss  Glaser's  home  is  at  Mount  \Vrnou,  X.  Y. 


GLEXDIXXIXG,   JOHN,    actor,   was    horn    in    White-haven,    Cumberland. 
England,  November  30,  1857.     His  parents  were  Scotch,  his  grandfather 
living  close  by  and  being  a  personal  friend  of  Robert  Burns.     After  con- 
siderable experience  as  an  amateur  he  began  his  professional  career  in  1880 
s  a  member  of  Alexander  Wright's  company,  at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Greenock,  Scot- 
jand.     He  next  became  leading  man  in  support  of  Walter   Bentley.   playing  such 
parts  as  lago  and  Mercutio.     A  season  w'th  Bland  Holt's  company,  in  "Taken  from 

Life."  followed,  and  in  1887  he  created  the 
part  of  Jack  Dudley,  in  "Hands  Across  the 
Sea,"  at  Manchester,  England.  He  played 
Tom  Potter  in  the  original  production  of 
"The  Silver  Shield,"  by  Sydney  Grundy,  and 
he  was  one  of  the  first  to  play  Wilfred  Den- 
ver, in  "The  Silver  King";  David  Kingsley. 
in  "Harbor  Lights,"  and  Xed  Drayton,  in 
"In  the  Eanks." 

In  1880  he  joined  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kenclal's 
company,  making  his  first  appearance  as 
George  Desmond,  in  "A  White  Lie."  The 
same  year  he  came  with  the  Kendals  to  this 
country,  opening  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  The- 
atre, Xew  York,  and,  with  the  exception  of  a 
three  years'  tour  with  his  own  company  in 
England,  1896-'99.  he  has  since  been  asso- 
ciated with  the  American  stage.  He  was 
four  years  under  the  management  of  Charles 

Frohman.  He  was  the  Laird  in  the  first  production  of  "Trilby"  in  this  country. 
In  1899  he  was  leading  man  with  Olga  Xethersole,  playing  in  "Sapho,"  "The  Second 
Mrs.  Tanqueray"  and  "Camille."  He  created  the  part  of  Hardolph  Mayn,  in  the 
first  American  production  of  "Joseph  Entangled,"  by  Henry  Arthur  Jones,  and  was 
in  the  cast  of  "Mrs.  Leffingwell's  Boots"  in  the  Xew  York  production. 

In  1905  Mr.  Glendinning  went  to  Australia  in  support  of  Nance  O'Neil,  and 
played  a  repertoire  of  leading  parts  there  and  in  New  Zealand.  The  fall  of  1900 
he  returned  to  Xew  York  to  take  part  in  the  original  production  of  "The  Hypo- 
crites/' at  the  Hudson  Theatre.  Mr.  Glendinning  is  a  remarkably  expert  swimmer, 
having  many  times  swum  across  the  Narrows  of  Xew  York  harbor  and  having  the 
record  of  swimming  five  miles  out  to  sea  and  back.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs, 
Xew  York,  and  the  Savage  Club,  London. 

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GEORGE,  MISS  MARIE  (GEORG),  actress,  was  born  in  New  York  in 
1879,  being  the  daughter  of  German-American  parents.     She  was  edu- 
cated at  a  German  school,  and  was  taught  music  by  her  father.     In  1897, 
changing  her  real  name  of  Georg  into  the  English  George,  she  made  her 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  in  New  York  in  a  small  part  in  "The  Lady  Slavey." 
She  was  rapidly  promoted,  until  she  assumed  the  part  of  the  Lady  Slavey  herself. 

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MISS     GRACE     GEORGE. 


She  created  five  star  parts  in  less  than  a  year  and  in  1900  went  to  London  with 
"The  Casino  Girl."  She  was  then  engaged  by  Henry  Lowenfeld  to  play  in  the 
opening  piece  at  the  new  Apollo  Theatre.  For  two  seasons  she  played  the  prin- 
cipal girl  part  in  Drury  Lane  pantomimes,  and  in  1905  played  in  ''The  White 
Chrysanthemum"  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  London. 


GEORGE,  MISS  GRACE  (MRS.   WILLIAM  A.  BRADY),  actress, 
was  born  in  New  York  in  1880  and  received  a  convent  education.     After 
studying  dramatic  art  she  made  her  first  stage  appearance  in  a  small  part 
in  Charles  Frohman's  production  of  "The  New  Boy,"  and  in  1894  succeeded 
Edna  Wallace  Hopper  as  Wilbur's  Ann,  in  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me."     She  next 
attracted  attention  as  Aimee,  in  "Charley's  Aunt,"  and  Gretchen,  in  "The  Wander- 
ing Minstrel."     After   supporting   Charles   B.   Welles    as    Madeline,    in   "Frederic 
Lemaitre,"   in   vaudeville   she   attracted   especial  notice    by   her   work    in   Charles 
Dickson's   "Jealousy"    and    "An   Undeveloped    Bud,"   also   in   vaudeville.     After 
appearing  in  "The  Turtle"  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre,  New  York,  she  played  the 
role  of  the  young  wife  in  "Mile.  Fifi,"  thereby  enhancing  her  popularity. 

She  made  her  first  appearance  as  a  star  under  W.  A.  Brady's  management  in 
the  comedy  "The  Princess  Chiffon,"  an  adaptation  of  the  younger  Dumas's  "Diane 
de  Lys,"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  Yrork,  in  1899.  This  was  followed  in 
1900  by  her  appearance  as  Queen  Wilhelmina,  in  "Her  Majesty."  The  season  of 
1901-'02  she  starred  in  Lottie  Blair  Parker's  "Under  Southern  Skies."  Later  she 
made  a  tour  at  the  head  of  a  special  cast  as  Gilberte,  in  Meilhac  and  Halevy's 
"Frou  Frou."  The  season  of  1903-'04  she  made  one  of  the  chief  successes  of  her 
career  as  a  star  in  "Pretty  Peggy,"  the  Garrick-Woffington  play,  by  Fannie  Aymar 
Matthews,  produced  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  New  York.  The  spring  of  1904 
she  was  one  of  the  all  star  cast  in  the  revival  of  "The  Two  Orphans"  at  the  New 
Amsterdam  Theatre,  New  York.  After  appearing  as  Abigail  in  Kellett  Chambers's 
comedy  of  that  name,  she  played  the  role  of  Lady  Kitty  in  a  dramatization  of  Mrs. 
Humphry  Ward's  "The  Marriage  of  William  Ashe"  in  the  season  of  1905-'06,  and 
also  appeared  in  Kupert  Hughes's  comedy  "The  Richest  Girl."  She  opened  the  fall 
season  of  1906  September  11  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre  with  "Clothes."  by  Avery 
Hop  wood  and  Channing  Pollock.  Of  late  years  she  has  starred  solely  under  the 
management  of  her  husband. 


GIRARDOT,  MISS  ISABELLE,  actress,  is  a  sister  of  Etionne  Gi mi-dot, 
the  actor.     She  was  born  in  London  and  began  taking  lessons  on  the  violin 
when  she  was  four  years  old.     She  entered  the  Royal  Academy  of  ^Uusic 
when  she  was  nine  and  won  several  gold  and  silver  medals.     In  her  early 
(tens  she  made  her  first  professional  stage  appearance  in  the  part  of  Ella  Willoughby 
in  the  musical  comedy,  "In  Possession,"  by  Walter  Browne,  at  Mr.  and  Mrs.  German 
Reed's  entertainment,  at  St.  George's  Hall,  London.     Her  next  engagement  was  in 
"La  Cigale,"  in  which  she  played  the  title  role.     She  also  appeared  in  "Madame 
Favart"  and  "The  Geisha,"  under  the  management  of  George  Edwardes.     Other 
roles    in    which    she    has    appeared    are    Madame    Angot,    Olivette    and    Pepita. 
Miss  Girardot  came  to  this  country  six  years  ago  and  has  devoted  much  time  to 
church  singing,  although  she  has  played  in  several  of  F.  C.  Whitney's  productions. 
She  recentlv  played  with  her  brother  in  "Charley's  Aunt"  at  the  revival  at  the  Man- 
hattan Theatre. 

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GILLETTE,  WILLIAM,  actor  and  playwright,  was  born  in  Hartford. 
Conn.,  July  24,  1853.  He  was  the  son  of  Francis  Gillette,  ex-United  States 
Senator,  and  once  a  candidate  for  Governor  of  the  state.  When  a  small  boy 
he  showed  histrionic  tastes,  which  he  exploited  in  the  attic  of  the  Gillette 
homestead,  but  his  ambitions  were  frowned  upon  by  his  parents.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  Hartford  High  School,  and  studied  at  the  University  of  the  City  of  New 
York  and  at  Boston  University.  When  about  twenty  years  old  Gillette,  still  bent  on 
a  stage  career,  left  his  home  and  studies,  and,  reaching  St.  Louis,  obtained  a  place 
as  utility  man  in  the  stock  company  of  Ben  De  Bar,  which  opened  in  New  Orleans. 
For  this  Mr.  Gillette  received  nothing  a  week,  and  when  he  suggested  an  increase  in 
salary  he  was  discharged.  He  made  his  way  home,  and  stayed  there  until  1875,  when 
Mark  Twain,  who  was  a  neighbor  of  the  Giliettes,  obtained  an  engagement  for  him 
at  the  Globe  Theatre,  in  Boston.  He  made  his  first  appearance  as  Guzman,  in  "Faint 
Heart  Never  Won  Fair  Lady,''  on  September  1.5  of  that  year.  That  same  season 
he  played  the  counsel  for  the  defence,  in  "The  Gilded  Age,"  with  John  T.  Kaymond, 
and  also  played  Malcolm,  in  "Macbeth" ;  Montano,  in  "Othello" ;  Benvolio,  in 
"Romeo  and  Juliet";  Eosencrantz,  in  "Hamlet"';  Master  Wilford,  in  "The  Hunch- 
back," and  other  parts  in  a  wide  range  of  modern  plays,  his  chief  success  being  as 
Prince  Florian,  in  "Broken  Hearts,"  a  part  he  obtained  because  of  the  sudden  illness 
of  Harry  Murdock. 

Two  seasons  with  the  McCauley  Stock  Company  in  Cincinnati  and  Louisville 
followed,  during  which  Mr.  Gillette  was  evolving  his  first  play.  This  had  its  birth 
in  one-act  form,  and  was  elaborated  until,  at  its  production  at  the  Madison  Square 
Theatre,  New  York,  June  1,  1881,  under  the  title  of  "The  Professor/'  it  was  a  full 
fledged  three-act  play,  with  the  author  in  the  title  role.  The  play  ran  nearly  a  year 
in  New  York.  Mr.  Gillette  aided  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett  in  writing  "Esmer- 
alda,"  which  followed  at  the  same  house,  and  he  also  played  in  the  production  of 
"Young  Mrs.  Winthrop."  In  1884  Mr.  Gillette  played  the  principal  part  in  his  own 
adaptation  of  Von  Moser's  "Der  Bibliothekar,"  at  the  Comedy  Theatre,  New  York. 
The  same  night  A.  M.  Palmer  produced  "The  Private  Secretary,"  Charles  Hawtrey's 
adaptation  of  the  same  play,  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre.  Threatened  lawsuits 
ended  in  a  compromise,  and  Mr.  Gillette  for  several  seasons  starred  in  a  composite 
ot  the  two  versions  of  "The  Private  Secretary." 

Mr.  Gillette's  next  play,  "Held  by  the  Enemy,"  was  produced  at  the  Criterion 
Theatre,  Brooklyn,  in  1886,  and  taken  to  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  where  it 
achieved  great  success.  Mr.  Gillette  himself  played  the  part  of  Thomas  Bean,  the 
war  correspondent.  Mr.  Gillette's  dramatization  of  Eider  Haggard's  "She"  was 
produced  at  Niblo's  Garden  in  1887,  and  was  followed  by  his  "All  the  Comforts  of 
Home"  in  1890,  "Mr.  Wilkinson's  Widows"  in  1891,  and  "Ninety  Days."  While 
preparing  this  elaborate  production  Mr.  Gillette  became  dangerously  ill  and  had  to 
retire.  As  an  invalid,  rusticating  in  North  Carolina,  he  wrote  his  greatest  play, 
"Secret  Service,"  which  was  produced  at  the  Broad  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  on 
May  15,  1895.  "Too  Much  Johnson,"  a  comedy,  by  Mr.  Gillette,  produced  at  the 
Standard  Theatre,  New  York,  the  previous  year,  also  was  very  successful.  He  also 
wrote  "Settled  Out  of  Court"  and  "Because  She  Loved  Him  So."  In  1901  Mr. 
Gillette  dramatized  Sir  Conan  Doyle's  detective  stories,  under  the  title  of  "Sherlock 
Holmes,"  himself  playing  the  title  part,  with  much  success  in  this  country  and  in 
England  for  two  successive  seasons.  The  season  of  1903-'04  he  played  in  J.  M. 
Barrie's  "The  Admirable  Crichton."  The  season  of  1894-'9o  he  acted  in  London, 
and  in  1905-'06  he  produced  and  played  in  "Clarice."  Mr.  Gillette  is  a  member  of 
The  Players,  The  Lambs  and  The  American  Dramatists  Club,  New  York;  The 
Friday  Night  and  Albatross  clubs,  Boston,  and  The  Lake  City  Club,  Chicago. 

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GRAHAM,  ROBERT  EMMET,  actor,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  December  17, 
1858.     He  first  entered  the  theatrical  profession  as  call  boy  at  the  Holliday 
Theatre,  Baltimore,  at  the  age  of  thirteen,  the  manager  of  the  theatre 
being  his  uncle.     He  was  given  four  positions  in  the  company,  call  boy, 
utility  man,  captain  of  supers  and  librarian,  for  each  of  which  he  received  $6  a 
week.     Thus  as  a  boy  his  salary  was  $2-1  a  week.     His  father  was  dead  and  he  was 
the  only  support  of  his  family.     Mr.  Graham's  first  speaking  part  was  that  of  a 

messenger,  in  "The  Old  Man  of  the  Moun- 
tain." He  had  to  rush  into  a  tent  and 
shout :  "My  lord,  there  is  a  courier  without !" 
He  was  so  nervous  that  his  speech  was  in- 
audible. The  gallery  boys  shouted  "Louder !" 
The  entire  gallery  took  up  the  cry.  Graham 
shouted  the  lines  at  the  top  of  his  boy's  voice 
and  burst  into  tears.  Then  to  the  "gods"  he 
*aid :  "1  hope  that's  loud  enough!"  and 
rushed  off  the  stage.  Two  years  later  he 
was  in  Cincinnati  as  general  utility  man. 
The  comedian  was  missing  one  night,  and  he 
took  the  part  of  Pierot.  in  "The  Pearl  of  the 
Savoy,"  and  became  principal  comedian  with 
Maggie  Mitchell  when  he  was  seventeen. 

Mr.  Graham  made  his  first  big  success  as 
Clorinda,  in  "The  Magic  Slipper,"  at  the 
Fourteenth  Street  Theatre,  New  York,  in 
1879.  He  starred  with  Minnie  Palmer,  as 

Tony,  in  "My  Sweetheart,"  from  1881  to  1883.  In  1886  he  opened  in  Philadelphia 
in  "The  Little  Tycoon,"  and  played  General  Knickerbocker,  in  that  opera,  about 
two  thousand  times.  His  next  pronounced  success  was  in  "Sea  King,"  under  the 
management  of  C.  H.  Yale. 

Mr.  Graham  originated  the  part  of  Cyrus  Gilfain,  the  millionaire,  in  "Floro- 

dora,"  at  the  Casino  Theatre,  New  York,  in  1900,  and  played  it  a  year  and  a  half 

in  New  York  and  two  years  on  tour.     He  then  played  in  "Piff,  Paff,  Pouf."     The 

fall  season  of  1906  he  played  in  "The  Lady's  Maid,"  at  the  Casino  Theatre,  New  York. 

Mr.  Graham  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs. 


GOODWIN,  J.  CHEEVEB,  playwright,  was  Boston  born,  and,  as  he  is 
wont  to  put  it,  brown  bred.     He  was  educated  at  Harvard  University  and 
was  graduated  from  that  institution  with  the  class  of  1873.     Soon  after 
leaving  college  he  took  up  amateur  dramatic  work,  and  from  that  gained 
such  a  liking  for  the  legitimate  stage  that  he  became  a  member  of  a  company 
headed  by  the  elder  Sothern,  which  made  a  tour  of  America,  Mr.  Goodwin  support- 
ing the  eminent  English  actor  in  light  comedy  parts  in  such  plays  as  "Our  Ameri- 
can Cousin,"  "Home"  and  "The  Hornet's  Nest"  for  a  season.     He  soon,  however, 
gave  up  playing  for  writing  plays,  and  almost  his  first  work  in  this  line  was  the 
•writing  of  the  librettos  for  all  the  comic  operas  with  which  the  late  Alice  Gates 
displaced  the  regime  of  the  Lydia  Thompson  Burlesquers  type  of  musical  entertain- 
ment.    Mr.  Goodwin  is  best  known  as  the  writer  of  the  books  of  "Evangeline,"  the 
extravaganza  for  which  Edward  E.  Rice  wrote  the  music,  and  which,  first  produced 
at  Niblo's  Garden,  New  York,  in  the  summer  of  1874,  is  still  played  on  two  con- 

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tments;  "Wang,''  which  made  De  Wolf  Hopper  a  star,  and  "The  Merry  Monarch," 
which  did  a  similar  service  for  Francis  Wilson.  The  scores  for  these  comic  operas 
were  written  by  the  late  Woolson  Morse.  Mr.  Goodwin  wrote  the  book  for  the  Lon- 
don musical  success  "Lost,  Strayed  or  Stolen."  for  which  Mr.  Morse  also  wrote  the 
score.  Besides  these  Mr.  Goodwin  has  written  over  fifty  plays  and  librettos.  In  the 
mean  time  he  has  dabbled  in  finance  and  politics  and  served,  for  half  a  dozen  years, 
as  private  secretary  to  ex-Controller  Theodore  W.  Myers  of  Xew  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  The  Strollers,  the  American  Dramatic  Club  and  the  Elks.  He  is  still 
engaged  in  playwriting,  having  a  musical  comedy  and  a  comic  opera  booked  for 
production  this  season. 


GOODWIN,  NATHANIEL  CAUL,  JH.,  actor,  best  known  as  Nat 
Goodwin,  was  born  in  Boston  July  25.  1857.  While  he  was  a  schoolboy 
and  a  student  at  the  Little  Blue  Academy,  in  Farmington.  Me.,  he  was 
noted  for  his  ability  as  a  mimic.  He  was  graduated  by  the  college  in 
1873  and  became  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  <tore  of  Wellington  Brothers,  in  Boston 
After  two  months  there  he  became  a  clerk  in  an  upholsterer's  shop.  He  remained 
there  a  month.,  and  then  entered  upon  his  stage  career.  His  chief  desire,  from  the 
day  he  had  first  recognized  his  prowess  as  a  mimic,  had  been  to  be  an  actor,  and 
through  his  college  and  clerkship  days  he  had  studied  Shakespeare  and  taken  lessons 
in  dramatic  art.  When  he  left  the  upholsterer  he  gave  dramatic  readings  for  a 
time  and  then  obtained  a  place  at  Xiblo's  Garden,  Xew  York,  as  genera!  utility 
man.  He  next  went  to  the  Boston  Museum  to  fill  a  like  place.  He  made  his  first 
legitimate  appearance,  and  fainted  for  the  first  and  last  time  in  his  life,  at  the  Provi- 
dence Opera  House  with  William  Henderson's  stock  company.  He  was  cast  for 
the  part  of  Sir  George  Hounslow  in  a  melodrama,  "The  Bottle."  When  his  cue 
came  he  rushed  to  the  stage,  raised  his  arm  and  opened  his  lips  to  speak.  But  no 
sound  came  from  them.  He  was  so  overcome  by  stage  fright  that  he  dropped 
unconscious.  He  next  found  himself  on  a  train,  wig,  grease  paint,  stage  costume 
and  all,  bound  for  Boston.  This  experience  for  a  time  banished  all  thoughts  of 
a  stage  career,  and  Mr.  Goodwin  again  became  a  clerk,  this  time  in  a  shoe  store. 
But  the  old  longing  soon  reasserted  itself,  and  he  resumed  giving  his  mimicry  at 
public  and  private  entertainments. 

The  late  Stuart  Eobson  happened  to  see  him  at  one  of  these  entertainments  and 
prevailed  on  John  B.  Stetson,  who  was  about  to  star  Robson,  in  "Law  in  Xew 
York,"  at  the  Howard  Athenaeum,  Boston,  to  engage  Mr.  Goodwin  to  appear  as  a 
shoeblack  and  give  his  imitations  of  well  known  actors,  at  a  salary  of  $5  a  week. 
He  was  so  successful  in  this,  really  his  debut,  that  Joseph  Bradford  wrote  a  sketch 
for  him,  "The  Rehearsal,"  in  which  he  again  appeared  at  the  Athenaeum.  In  1875 
he  made  his  first  New  York  appearance  in  a  speaking  part  at  Tony  Pastor's  Theatre. 
Soon  afterward  he  appeared  with  Miss  Minnie  Palmer  at  the  Fourteenth  Street 
Theatre.  He  played  Captain  Crosstree,  in  "Black  Eyed  Susan,"  and  was  then 
engaged  by  Edward  E.  Rice  to  create  the  part  of  Captain  Dietrich  in  "Evangeline." 
He  did  so  well  in  this  that  he  was  soon  playing  the  leading  part,  that  of  Le  Blanc, 
which  he  continued  to  do  for  three  years. 

After  playing  the  Pirate  Chief,  in  Rice's  production  of  "The  Corsair,"  and  in 
"Pippins,"  a  burlesque,  by  J.  Cheever  Goodwin,  he  organized  in  1877  a  company 
under  the  name  of  the  Froliques,  and  with  this  he  appeared  for  the  next  three  years, 
presenting  among  other  plays  "Cruets,"  "Hobbies,"  "Rambles"  and  "Ripples."  In 
1880  he  made  a  tour  with  "The  Member  for  Slocum."  In  1882  Mr.  Goodwin 
again  became  his  own  manager,  and  in  the  next  few  years  produced  many  of  the 

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Gilbert  and  Sullivan  operas,  "Confusion/'  "The  Skating  Rink/'  "Big  Pony."  "Our- 
selves/' "The  Black  Flag,"  "Sparks,"  "A  Gay  Deceiver,"  "Colonel  Tom,""  "Turned 
Up/'  "A  Royal  Revenge,"  "Lend  Me  Five  Shillings,"  "A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream/'  in  which  he  was  the  Bottom,  and  "The  Viper  on  the  Hearth." 

In  May,  1883,  he  played  Modus,  in  "The  Hunchback,"  and  the  First  Grave- 
digger,  in  "Hamlet,"  at  the  Cincinnati  Dramatic  Festival.  About  this  time  he  also 
played  Marc  Antony,  in  "Julius  Cassar,"  at  a  benefit  for  Tony  Hart  in  New  York. 
In  "l889-'90  he  produced  Henry  Guy  Carleton's  "A  Gilded  Fool"  and  brought  out 
"A  Gold  Mine"  in  London,  and  also  played  a  Cockney  part  in  "The  Bookmaker/' 
under  the  management  of  George  Edwardes.  In  May,  1890,  he  produced  for  the 
first  time,  at  Portland,  Ore.,  "The  Nominee,"  in  which  he  created  one  of  the  most 
successful  characters  of  his  career,  and  which  later  had  a  long  run  at  the  Bijou 
Theatre,  New  Yoi"fc.  In  1896  he  was  the  Sir  Lucius  O'Trigger  in  an  all  star  cast 
revival  of  "The  Rivals."  and  produced  Madeleine  Lucette  Ryley's  "An  American 
Citizen."  In  1898  he  produced  Clyde  Fitch's  "Nathan  Hale,"  and  in  1899  he  went 
to  London  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman,  where  he  appeared  with  his 
wife,  Maxine  Elliott,  in  Clyde  Fitch's  "The  Cowboy  and  the  Lady."  In  February. 
1900,  he  produced  "When  We  Were  Twenty-One,"  supported  by  Miss  Elliott,  at  the 
Knickerbocker  Theatre,  New  York.  "Gringoire,"  "David  Garrick,"  "In  Mizzoura" 
and  "Ambition  were  other  plays  which  he  produced  at  this  time.  In  twelve  years  he 
had  created  thirty-one  different  characters.  In  1901  he  made  an  elaborate  production 
of  "The  Merchant  of  Venice,"  playing  the  role  of  Shylock,  opening  at  the  Knicker- 
bocker Theatre,  New  York,  and  taking  the  production  on  tour.  The  same  season 
he  presented  "The  Altar  of  Friendship,"  by  Madeleine  Lucette  Ryley.  In  1903  he 
played  in  "The  Usurper,"  by  I.  C.  Morris,  for  a  season.  In  1904,  with  Klaw  & 
Erlanger,  he  made  a  lavish  production  of  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream"  as  the 
opening  play  for  the  New  Amsterdam  Theatre,  New  York,  his  role  being  that  of 
Bottom. 

In  1905-'06  Mr.  Goodwin  appeared  in  W.  W.  Jacobs's  "The  Beauty  and  the 
Barge,"  Alfred  Henry  Lewis's  "Wolfville,"  and  "The  Genius,"  formerly  "The 
Genius  and  the  Model,"  by  W.  C.  and  Cecil  de  Mille,  which  he  first  produced  in 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  April  20,  1906,  and  played  at  the  Bijou  Theatre,  New  York,  during 
the  fall  season. 

Mr.  Goodwin's  first  wife  was  Eliza  Weathersby,  a  well  known  comedy  actress, 
who  died  in  1887.  In  February,  1898,  Mr.  Goodwin  married  Maxine  Elliott,  th'> 
well  known  actress. 

His  home  is  at  Ocean  Park,  Southern  California. 

GOLDEN,  RICHARD,  actor,  was  born  in  Bucksport,  Me.,  in  July,  1854, 
and  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  there.     He  made  his  first  profes- 
sional appearance  when  he  was  thirteen  years  old  with  a  Mexican  circus 
known  as  Allie's  Allied  Shows,  but  his  real  stage  debut  was  made  in  1876. 
when  he  joined  Edward  E.  Rice's  forces,  and  played  the  fore  legs  of  the  heifer. 
Henry  E.  Dixey  being  the  hind  legs,  in  the  original  production  of  "Evangeline." 
He  was  afterward  promoted  to  play  the  Policeman  and  Le  Blanc.    He  was  with  Mr. 
Rice  many  seasons,  and  then  undertook  the  management  of  the  Dora  Wiley  Opera 
Company,  of  which  his  wife,  from  whom  he  was  divorced  in  1892,  was  the  star.    He 
afterward  married,  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  Miss  Katherine  Kittleman.     Mr.  Golden  pro- 
duced "Old  Jed  Prouty,"  of  which  he  was  part  author,  in  1889,  and  has  since 
played  the  part  about  three  thousand  times.     In  1894  Mr.  Golden  was  joint  star 
with  Miss  Pauline  Hall  in  a  revival  of  "The  Princess  of  Trebizonde"  at  Harrigan's 

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Theatre,  New  York.  The  season  of  1898-'99  Mr.  Golden  appeared  with 
Alice  XTeilsen  in  "The  Fortune  Teller,"  and  the  following  season  he  played  the 
part  of  the  Steward  of  the  Duke  of  Burgundy,  in  "Princess  Chic,"  of  which  Miss 
Marguerite  De  Silva  was  the  star.  The  season  of  lUOo-'OG  he  appeared  in  "The 
Tourists"  and  "The  Bad  Samaritan."  He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs  and  The 
Green  Room  Club,  New  York.  His  home  is  at  Port  Washington,  N.  Y. 


GOLD,  MISS  BELLE  (MRS.  A.  W.  CROSS),  comedienne,  was  originally 
a  newspaper  reporter,  starting  when  she  was  twelve  years  old.     When  she 
was  fourteen  an  assignment  was  given  her  to  write  about  the  life  of  stage 
women  behind  the  scenes.     Through  this  she  obtained  an  engagement  with 
John  B.  Doris,  who  took  a  fancy  to  her,  and  he  gave  her  a  part.     She  was  successful 
in  it,  but  returned  to  her  newspaper  for  a  time.     The  following  year  she  went  on 
the  stage  for  good,  and  gradually  achieved  considerable  fame.     She  appeared  in  "In 

Gay  Xew  York"  and  a  revival  of  "The  Still 
Alarm."  She  was  featured  in  the  original 
production  of  "The  Bowery  After  Dark,"  and: 
starred  in  "The  Colorado  Waif"  and  "Xew 
York  Day  by  Day."  In  1904  the  Hanlon 
Brothers  featured  Miss  Gold  in  their  "Su- 
perba."  Klaw  &•  Erlanger  then  signed  her  to 
originate  the  part  of  Desdemona  with  Mc- 
Intyre  and  Heath  in  "The  Ham  Tree."  The 
fall  season  of  1906  she  continued  with  "The 
Ham  Tree"  company,  and  during  the  engage- 
ment of  that  company  at  the  Xew  York 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  her  work  attracted  much 
attention,  especially  her  singing  and  dancing. 
Miss  Gold  is  the  wife  of  A.  W.  Cross, 
manager  for  Walker  Whiteside  and  Lawrence 
Evart.  She  is  the  first  of  her  family  to  be 
associated  with  the  stage.  Miss  Gold  is  a 
native  of  Xew  York  State  and  makes  her 
home  in  Xew  York  City. 


GIDDENS,  GEORGE,  was  born  at  Chadwick  Manor,  Middlesex,  England, 
in  1855,  being  the  son  of  James  Giddens,  a  farmer,  of  Arborfield  Berks. 
He  began  life  as  an  articled  clerk  in  a  solicitor's  office.     While  playing 
as  an  amateur  he  was  noticed  by  Sir  Charles  Wyndham,  on  whose  advice 
he  decided  to  study  for  the  stage.     He  made  his  first  appearance  at  the  Theatre 
Royal,   Edinburgh,   in   1874.     In   1875   he   came   to  the   United   States   with    Sir 
Charles  Wyndham.     His  first  appearance  in  London  was  in  1878,  when  he  played 
Jex,  in  the  "Idol,"  at  the  Folly  Theatre.    He  played  several  years  at  the  Criterion, 
London,  sharing  in  the  honors  of  the  success  of  "Betsy,"  "The  Headless  Man," 
"Truth,"  "David  Garrick"  and  "The  Candidate."     In  1891  he  created  the  role  of 
Adolphus  Greenthorne,  in  "Husband  and  Wife"  at  the  Comedy  Theatre,  and  he  has 
since  played  with  success  at  Wyndham's,  the  Hay  market,  St.  James's  and  Drury 
Lane.     He  married  Miss  Katherine  Dandridge  Drew,  an  American,  in  1891.     The 
fall  season  of  1906  he  appeared  with  Miss  Ellis  Jeffreys  at  the  Liberty  Theatre,  Xew 
York,  in  "The  Dear  Unfair  Sex." 

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GOODKirii,  MISS  EDNA  (BESSIE  EDNA  STEPHENS),  actress, 
was  born  at  Logansport,  I  ml.,  in  1883.     Her  father  was  A.  S.  Stephens,  a 
coffee  merchant.     When  Miss  Edna   was  only  two  years  old  the  family 
moved  to  Chicago,  where  her  father  embarked  in  business  and  became  pros- 
perous     Miss  Goodrich  was  educated  in  Chicago,  and  graduated  from  the  Hyde 
Park  High  School.     Having  made  several  appearances  as  an  amateur,  she  deter- 
mined to  adopt  the  stage  as  a  profession,  and.  going  to  New   York,  obtained  an 

an  engagement  at  the  Casino  Theatre 
there,  where  she  made  her  first  profes- 
sional appearance  as  one  of  the  Sextette 
in  "Florodora."  I'nlike  hundreds  of 
others,  however.  Miss  Goodrich  does 
not  claim  to  have  been  one  of  the  orig- 
inal six. 

Miss  Goodrich  next  went  with  the 
Anna  Held  Company,  and  became 
prominent  through  announcements  that 
she  was  the  highest  salaried  '"Show 
Girl"  on  the  American  stage.  It  was 
witb  Miss  Held  that  Miss  Goodrich 
got  the  opportunity  to  play  her  first 
real  part,  that  of  Madame  Recamier,  the 
famous  Parisian  beauty,  in  the  musical 
comedy  "Mile.  Xapoleon."  Miss  Good- 
rich then  went  to  Europe  and  studied 
dramatic  art  for  half  a  year.  On  her 
return  she  was  engaged  by  Charles 
Frohman  as  understudy  to  Hattie  Will- 
iams, in  "The  Rollicking  Girl,"  playing 
the  part  several  times  in  support  of  Sam 
Bernard.  After  five  months"  tuition 
under  well  known  retired  actresses  Miss 
Goodrich  determined  to  enter  the  fiekl 

of  legitimate  comedy.  She  bought  the  rights  in  "The  Genius  and  the  Model,"  a 
comedy  by  William  C.  and  Cecil  de  Mille.  and  made  the  production  herself,  starring 
jointly  with  Harry  Woodruff  in  the  fall  of  1905.  In  the  spring  of  1906  Nat  C. 
Goodwin  purchased  the  comedy  and  engaged  Miss  Goodrich  to  play  her  original 
part  of  Xeil  Graham,  the  artist's  model.  He  renamed  the  play  "The  Genius,"  and 
Miss  Goodrich  first  appeared  as  his  leading,  woman  on  its  production  at  Albany. 
N.  Y.,  April  20,  1906.  Continuing  as  Mr.  Goodwin's  leading  woman.  Miss  Good- 
rich first  appeared  as  Phyllis,  in  "When  We  Were  Twenty-One,"  at  Kansas  City  on 
June  9,  1906.  The  fall  season  of  1906  Miss  Goodrich  was  featured  in  support  of 
Nat  C.  Goodwin,  in  "The  Genius,"  at  the  Bijou  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

GILMORE,  BARNEY,  Irish  comedian  and  singer,  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia in  1867.     As  a  young  man  he  sang  in  a  church  choir  in  Camden,  N.  J., 
and  when  twenty-one  joined  the  Duff  Opera  Company  to  play  small  parts. 
He  was  then  starred  in  a  play  called  "The  Irish  Jockey,"  but  had  to  retire 
on  account  of  ill  health,  and  went  back  to  church  work.     He  made  his  reappearance 
at  Keith's,  in  Philadelphia,  in  a  character  singing  specialty.     Then  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  John  Conlev,  and  they  played  an  Irish  sketch  in  the  vaudeville 

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houses  for  two  years.  He  next  joined  John  F.  Leonard,  and  they  wrote  and  pro- 
duced "Hogan's  Alley,"  which  proved  a  great  success.  Mr.  Gihnore  more  recently 
starred  in  his  own  play,  "The  Rocky  Koad  to  Dublin." 


GRISMER,  JOSEPH  RHODE,  actor,  playwright  and  immager.  was  born 
in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  November  4,  1849.     After  graduating  from  the  Albany 
Boys'  Academy,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  he  enlisted  in  a  New  York  regiment 
and  went  to  the  front  to  fight  for  the  cause  of  the  Union.     He  was  in  active 
service  until  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  when  he  returned  to  Albany  and  went  into 
commercial  business.     Joining  the  Histrionic  Amateur  Dramatic  Club,  he  acquired 
a  taste  for  theatrical  life,  and  made  his  first  nrol'essional  appearance  in  Albany  in 

is? i).  Three  years  later  he  was  leading 
in-in  at  the  Grand  Opera  House.  Cin- 
cinnati, a  position  he  occupied  for 
years,  playing  all  the  leading  parts  in 
support  of  such  stars  as  K.  L.  Daven- 
port. Charlotte  Cushman.  Laura  Keane, 
Kdwin  Adams.  Charles  Feehter,  Charles 
Mathews.  Lawrence  Barrett.  John  Mc- 
Cullough  and  Adelaide  Xielson.  He 
also  played  in  hundreds  of  stock  plavs 
of  the  period. 

Mr.  Grismer  went  to  San  Francisco 
in.  1877  as  leading  man  of  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  afterward  occupying  the 
same  position  at  the  California  Theatre 
and  the  Baldwin.  During  this  time  he 
made  dramatizations  of  ''Monte  Cristo" 
and  "''Called  Back,"  and.  having  mar- 
ried Phoebe  Da  vies  in  18S.'$.  he  made 
up  a  repertoire  with  these  and  other 
plays,  organized  a  company  and  ap- 
peared as  joint  star  with  his  wife  until 
1898.  Meantime  he  and  Clay  M. 
Greene  wrote  "The  New  South."  which 
ran  three  years.  In  1898  he  rewrote 
and  produced  "  'Way  Down  East,"  a 

play  of  which  William  A.  Brady  and  he  are  the  joint  owners,  and  which  has  had  a 
phenomenal  run,  lasting  over  nine  seasons. 

Since  then  Mr.  Grismer  has  been  connected  with  Mr.  Brady,  who,  as  a  boy,  had 
been  a  member  of  his  first  company,  in  1884,  in  this  and  many  other  plays,  and  they 
have  produced  successively  "Fifi,"  "Aunt  Hanna,"  "Betsy  Ross,"  "A  Stranger  in  a 
Strange  Land,"  "Siberia,"  "Sky  Farm"  and  "As  Ye  Sow."  Their  latest  production 
is  "The  Man  of  the  Hour." 

Besides  his  theatrical  interests,  Mr.  Grismer  is  a  director  in  the  Commercial 
Trust  Company,  treasurer  of  the  Gulf  Fisheries  Company,  president  of  the  Actors' 
Order  of  Friendship,  vice-president  of  the  Actors'  Fund  and  a  member  of  The 
Lambs,  The  Players,  American  Dramatists',  Green  Room,  Bohemian,  Larchmont 
Yacht  and  Manhassett  Yacht  clubs,  and  a  lieutenant  in  the  "Old  Guard." 
Mr.  Grismer's  business  address  is  New  York  1'heatre  Building,  New  York. 


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GIRARDOT,  ETIEXNE,  actor,  was  born  in  London  of  French  parents. 
His  father.  E.   Gustave  Girardot,  is  a  painter  of  eminence  in  England. 
Mr.   Girardot   was  educated  for  commerce  and  became  an  accomplished 
linguist,  but  home  surroundings  led  him  to  become  an  art  student  first 
and  a  dramatic  aspirant  later.     In  1875  he  made  his  first  appearance  as  an  actor 
in  a  small  part  in  the  English  provinces.     Eight  years  of  hard  work  followed,  in 
which  he  sometimes  played  fifteen  parts  in  a  week,  and  on  one  occasion  "went  on" 
for  eight  characters  in  "Macbeth."     His  first  success  was  at  Her  Majesty's  Theatre, 
London,  in  "The  Yellow  Dwarf." 

After  a  year  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bancroft  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre  he  played 
engagements  with  John  Hare  and  Arthur  Cecil,  appearing  as  Sir  Woodbine 
Graf  ton,  in  "Peril,"  and  the  Colonel,  in  "The  Queen's  Shilling."  For  two  years  he 
acted  Colonel  Sterndale,  in  "The  Solicitor,"  and  made  successes  as  the  Idiot,  in 
•  Almost  a  Life,"  and  Silas  Hobbs,  in  "Little  Lord  Fauntleroy."  He  was  the 
Antonio,  in  "Much  Ado  About  Nothing,"  when  Ellen  Terry  first  played  Beatrice. 

In  1893  Mr.  Girardot  was  selected  by  Brandon  Thomas,  the  author,  to  play 
the  leading  part  in  "Charley's  Aunt"  in  this  country,  and  made  his  first  appear- 
ance in  New  York  at  the  Standard,  now  the  Manhattan,  Theatre.  The  extraordinary 
success  of  this  comedy  in  London,  where  W.  S.  Penley  played  the  title  part,  was 
duplicated,  and  Mr.  Girardot  has  become  chiefly  associated  as  an  actor  with  the  part 
of  Lord  Fancourt  Babberley. 

In  this  country  he  has  also  played  Cavendish,  in  "Mam'zelle  'Awkins";  Pro- 
fessor Archibald  Gilworthy,  in  "The  Purple  Lady";  Frank  Stayner,  in  "Miss 
Francis  of  Yale":  Major  Wilbraham,  with  Mrs.  Fiske,  in  "Miranda  of  the  Bal- 
cony"; Baron  de  Stael,  with  William  Collier,  in  "The  Diplomat";  Sir  Eobin  Mc- 
Taf't,  in  "My  Lady  Peggy  Goes  To  Town";  Flute,  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream,"  with  Nat  Goodwin;  Valentine  Favre,  in  "Leah  Kleschna,"  and  Baptiste, 
in  "The  Eose,"  both  with  Mrs.  Fiske,  and  as  Auguste  de  St.  Gre,  in  "The  Crossing." 


GILLMORE,  FRANK,  actor,  was  born  in  New  York  of  English  parents, 
who  returned  to  their  native  land  when  he  was  only  a  few  months  old. 
His  mother,  Miss  Emily  Thorne,  was  a  well  known  actress,  and  a  member 
of  the  famous  English  theatrical  family  of  that  name.  Mr.  Gillmore 
made  his  first  appearance  at  the  age  of  twelve  with  a  travelling  pantomime  called 
"Jack  and  the  Beanstalk/'  under  the  management  of  his  aunt,  Miss  Sarah  Thorne. 
Then  came  a  return  to  the  schoolroom,  to  be  followed  by  a  short  period  of  mer- 
cantile life.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  abandoned  the  counting  room  and  once 
more  became  a  member  of  his  aunt's  forces.  He  remained  with  her  for  three 
years,  going  on  for  servant  parts  and  such  classic  roles  as  Borneo,  Orlando.  Othello. 
Shylock,  Hamlet  and  Claude  Melnotte.  His  first  appearance  in  London  was  in  the 
small  part  of  Captain  Yane,  in  "Fascination,"  by  the  late  Eobert  Buchanan,  at  the 
Vaudeville  Theatre.  He  remained  in  the  stock  company  at  that  theatre  for  three 
years,  with  occasional  appearances  at  other  London  theatres.  In  the  autumn 
of  1892  he  returned  to  America  to  join  Charles  Frohman's  forces.  His  first 
appearance  was  in  St.  Louis  in  "Settled  Out  of  Court."  The  following  spring  he 
appeared  in  New  York  for  the  first  time  at  the  Standard  Theatre,  now  the  Man- 
hattan, in  "The  Better  Part,"  and  later  in  "The  Arabian  Nights."  The  next  season 
he  went  on  the  road,  and  for  eighteen  months  played  the  part  of  Lord  Winder- 
mere  in  "Lady  Windermere's  Fan."  Eeturning  to  England  in  1895  he  played 
engagements  with  E.  S.  Willard,  Forbes  Bobertson  and  Beerbohm  Tree.  Then  he 
was  under  John  Hare's  management  for  three  years.  This  brought  him  again  to 

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this  country  on  Mr.  Hare's  second  American  tour,  when  he  played  George  D'Alroy, 
in  "Caste";  the  Rev.  Noel  Brice,  in  Pinero's  "The  Hobby  Horse,"  and  Percy,  in  "A 
Pair  of  Spectacles."  When  Mr.  Hare  produced  the  Pinero  play  "The  Gay  Lord 
Quex"  in  London  Mr.  Gillmore  played  Yalma.  Then  lie  joined  Xat  Goodwin's 
company,  and  was  the  original  Soldierman  in  "When  We  Were  Twenty-one."  The 
season  of  1899-1900  he  was  leading  man  with  Mrs.  Fiske.  playing  Rawdon  Craw- 
ley,  in  "Becky  Sharpe,"  and  Angel  Clare,  in  "Tess."  For  the  two  following  years 
he  was  a  member  of  George  Fawcett's  stock  company  in  Baltimore  and  in  several 
Southern  cities.  The  second  year  Mr.  Fawcett  featured  Mr.  Gillmore.  The  season 
1902-'03  he  began  with  "The  Japanese  Nightingale,"  and  after  that  closed  he  again 
joined  Mrs.  Fiske,  this  time  to  play  Aulus  Flavins,  in  "Mary  of  Magdala,"  and 
other  parts.  The  autumn  of  1904  he  returned  to  England,  where  he  played  Captain 
Lovel,  in  "Mice  and  Men,"  with  Forbes  Robertson.  In  January.  1905,  Mr.  Robert- 
son began  a  tour  of  the  American  cities  with  "Love  and  the  Man,''  by  H.  V. 
Esmond,  and  with  "Hamlet."  In  the  former  Mr.  Gillmore  played  Mr.  Herridge, 
M.  P.,  and  in  the  latter  Laertes.  Then  followed  a  short  season  at  the  American 
Theatre,  where  Mr.  Gillmore  played  Mercutio,  Bassanio  and  Sir  Christopher  Deer- 
ing,  in  "The  Liars."  The  autumn  of  1905  he  joined  W.  A.  Brady  and  Joseph  Gris- 
mer's  company,  appearing  as  John  St.  John,  in  "As  Ye  Sow."  He  left  that  after 
the  New  York  run  to  play  the  Marqiiis  of  Tredbury  in  the  original  production  of 
Winston  Churchill's  play,  "The  Title  Mart."  In  the  spring  of  1900  he  appeared 
at  the  Garrick  as  Sir  Charles  Foden,  in  "What  the  Butler  Saw."  Mr.  Gilimore's 
wife  is  known  on  the  stage  as  Laura  McGilvray. 


GREENE,    MISS   EYIE    (MRS.    RICHARD   TEMPLE,   JR.),    light 
opera   prima   donna,   was   born  at   Portsmouth,   England,   and   made   her 
debut  as  a  dancer  in  comic  opera  at  the  age  of  fourteen.     Discovering  that 
she  had  vocal  talent  she  became  understudy  to  a  prima  donna,  and  a  year 
later  played  leading  parts  en  tour  in  musical  comedies.     When  she  was  seventeen 
years  old  she  was  a  provincial  star,  sustaining  the  title  roles  in  "The  Gay  Paris- 
ienne,"  "The  New  Barmaid"  and  "Billy." 

She  made  her  appearance  in  London  in  the  romantic  opera  "L' Amour  Mouille" 
at  the  Garrick  Theatre  in  1898.  Her  next  important  role  in  London  was  Dolores,  in 
"Floroclora,"  at  the  Lyric,  in  1899.  Then  she  entered  into  a  contract  Avith  George 
Edwardes  and  has  been  playing  under  his  management  ever  since.  She  created  the 
role  of  the  Duchess  of  Dantzic  at  the  Lyric  in  1903,  and  at  the  end  of  the  long 
run  of  the  opera  in  London  she  played  it  through  the  provinces  and  in  America. 
She  was  last  seen  in  the  prima  donna  part  in  Sardou  and  Felix's  new  opera,  "Les 
Merveilleuses,"  at  Daly's  Theatre,  London. 

GREET,  BEN,  actor-manager,  was  born  on  a  training  ship  in  the  Thames,  of 
which  his  father,  Captain  William  Greet,  of  the  Royal  British  Navy,  was 
commander,  and  was  educated  at  a  naval  school.     His  introduction  to  the 
stage  was  as  a  member  of  J.  W.  Gordon's  stock  company  at  Southampton, 
England.    Then  he  played  for  three  years  with  Sarah  Thorne  at  Margate.    He  was 
the  original  Dashitall,  in  "My  Sweetheart,"  with  Minnie  Palmer,  and  was  with  Mary 
Anderson  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre  in  London  in  1885.     He  afterward  played  with 
Lawrence  Barrett  at  the  same  theatre  and  then  at  the  Haymarket  with  Beerbohm 
Tree  in  "Jim  the  Penman."     Then  he  ventured  into  management,  taking  a  touring 
company  into  the  provinces.     He  was  successful  and  has  had  from  ten  to  fifteen  com- 

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panies  on  the  road  in  England  and  America  during  a  season.  Many  of  the  leading 
London  successes  were  produced  by  him  in  the  provinces.  He  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  pastoral  plays,  and  for  a  score  of  years  he  has  presented  Shakespeare  in 
the  open  air  in  England  and  of  late  in  the  United  States.  He  produced  "Everyman" 
in  London  and  brought  it  to  this  country,  where  it  proved  a  great  success.  He  is 
the  founder  and  proprietor  of  a  dramatic  training  school  in  London. 


GREY,  MISS  KATHERINE,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  her  parents 
being  John  T.  and  Katie  R.  Best,  and  her  grandfather  Captain  Francis 
Read,  a  well  known  pioneer  of  the  days  of  '49.  She  made  her  first  stage 
appearance  with  Augustin  Daly's  company.  Her  first  leading  part,  and 
the  first  which  brought  favorable  notice  to  her,  Avas  that  of  Helen  Berry,  in  "Shore 
Acres,"  with  James  A.  Herne.  Since  then  she  has  played  in  "Shenandoah/'  "All 
the  Comforts  of  Home,"  "Jane,"  "The  New  South,"  '"New  Blood,"  "The  Jilt," 
"Our  Bachelors,"  "Roger  La  Honte."  "The  Senator,"  "Napoleon."  "Arms  and  the 
Man."  "A  Parisian  Romance,"  "Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,"  "The  King  of  Peru," 
"The  Royal  Box,"  "The  Man  with  a  Past."  "His  First  Offence,"  "Niobe,"  "The 
Superfluous  Husband,"  "His  Little  Dodge,''  "Rupert  of  Hentzau,"  "A  Southern 
Romance."  "The  First  Born,"  "The  First  Violin,"  "Cyrano  de  Bergerac,"  "The 
Greatest  Thing  in  the  World."  "Men  and  Women,"  "The  Last  Appeal,"  "The 
Ninety  and  Nine,"  "Petticoats  and  Bayonets,"  "The  Best  of  Friends,"  "The  Other 
Girl,"'  "The  Gay  Lord  Quex,"  "When  We  Were  Twenty-One,"  "The  Girl  I  Left 
Behind  Me,"  "Charley's  Aunt,"  "Incog/'  "The  Man  from  Mexico,"  "My  Friend 
from  India,"  "Gloriana,"  "Captain  Lettarblair,"  "Secret  Service,"  "Hearts 'Aflame," 
"Business  Is  Business,"  "The  Firm  of  Cunningham,"  "The  Governor  of  Kentucky," 
"A  Scrap  of  Paper,"  "Wolfville,"  "You  Never  Can  Tell,"  "Candida,"  "The 
Redskin,"  "The  .Love  That  Blinds/'  "The  Christian/'  "A  Lady  of  Quality,"  "The 
Only  Way/'  "The  White  Heather."  "Facing  the  Music/'  "Too  Much  Johnson"  and 
"Mrs.  Dane's  Defence."  She  has  been  leading  woman  for  Richard  Mansfield, 
Charles  Coghlan,  James  K.  Hackett,  Henry  Dixey,  William  H.  Crane,  N.  C.  Good- 
win and  Arnold  Daly. 

GRISEL,  LOUIS  RACINE,  actor,  was  born  near  New  Castle,  Delaware, 
November  26,  1849.  being  the  son  of  Susan  Amanda  Racine,  a  Parisian, 
and  Louis  Theophile  Grisel,  a  Swiss.  His  mother  acted  character  parts 
under  the  stage  names  of  Marie  Le  Gros  and  Mrs.  Ed.  Clifford.  His  first 
appearance  on  the  stage  was  at  Deagle's  Theatre,  St.  Louis,  as  Landry,  in  "La  Tour 
de  Nesle,"  in  1873.  The  same  year  he  appeared  as  Tradclles,  in  "Little  Emily," 
with  Stuart  Robson  at  the  Olympic  Theatre,  St.  Louis.  After  several  years  of  road 
management,  in  1883  he  joined  Miss  Fanny  Davenport's  company,  playing  the  part 
of  Dr.  Loreck  in  her  initial  production  of  "Fedora"  at  the  old  Lyceum  (Fourteenth 
Street)  Theatre,  New  York.  He  next  became  stage  manager  of  the  New  Park 
Theatre,  now  the  Herald  Square,  New  York,  for  the  Frohman  Brothers'  production 
of  "The  Stranglers  of  Paris/'  written  by  David  Belasco,  also  playing  the  part  of 
Captain  Guerin.  Later  he  played  the  role  of  Mons.  Claude,  Prefect  of  Police,  in 
the  same  play.  He  was  a  member  of  Madame  Ristori's  company  on  her  farewell  tour 
in  America  in  1884-'85.  For  several  summers  thereafter  he  was  stage  manager 
of  J.  H.  McVicker's  Theatre,  Chicago,  for  the  first  production  of  what  is 
now  called  "Shore  Acres,"  then  known  as  "Uncle  Nat,"  with  James  A.  Herne 
in  the  title  role,  and  also  for  one  of  the  earlier  plays  of  Augustus  Thomas, 

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"New  Blood."  In  1889-'90  he  toured  the  United  States  as  Tuck-  Jot-,  in 
J.  K.  Emmett's  play  of  that  name,  and  was  also  in  1S89  a  member  of  Mrs. 
Langtry's  company  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  Xew  York.  At  the  opening  of  the 
Castle  Square  Theatre  by  Henry  W.  Savage  in  Boston  Mr.  Grisel  became  stage  man- 
ager. Thereafter  he  played  the  roles  created  by  W.  H.  Thompson  in  "Love's  Young 
Dream"  and  "A  Family  Circle"  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  lie  has 
played  recently  in  "The  Girl  from  Kay's,"  "A  Wife  Without  a  Smile"  and  "Forty- 
Five  Minues  from  Broadway."  His  wife  is  an  actress,  her  stage  name  being  Mary 
(Mamie)  Johnstone. 

GROSSMITH,  GEORGE,  JR.,  actor,  the  eldest  son  of  George  Grossmith 
and  nephew  of  Weedon  Grossmith,  was  born,  in  London  and  educated  at 
the  University  College  School  and  in  Paris.     His  first  important  engage- 
ment was  in  London  in  the  production  of  "Morocco  Bound"  in  1893.     The 
following  year  he  appeared  at  the  Gaiety  in  "The  Shop  Girl."     He  had  prominent 
parts  in  "The  Messenger  Boy,"  "The  Toreador"  and  other  London  productions. 
and  in  1904-'0o  he  was  a  member  of  Edna  May's  company,  which  played  "The 
School  Girl"  in  Xew  York.     He  is  part-author  of  "Great  Caesar."  "The  Gay  Pre- 
tenders," "Gulliver's  Travels,"  "The  Love  Birds,"  "The  Spring  Chicken,"  "Rogues 
and  Vagabonds"  and  "Xoah's  Ark."     He  married  Adelaide  Astor.  a  sister  of  Letty 
Lind,  of  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  London. 


GROSSMITH,  LAWRENCE,  actor,  was  born  in  London  in  1ST 7.  being 
the  son  of  George  Grossmith,  the  entertainer;  nephew  of  Weed  en  Grossmith, 
and  a  brother  of  George  Grossmith,  Jr.     He  Mras  educated  at  St.  Paul's 
College,   the  London  University   School   and   at   Shrewsbury.     Originally 
intending  to  become  a  mechanical  engineer,  he  served  for  two  years  and  a  half  at 
the  engineering  works  of  Stothert  &  Pitt,  at  Bath,  England.     He  made  his  debut 
on  the  stage  at  the  Court  Theatre,  London,  with  Arthur  Chudleigh  in  1896.  playing 
at  night  and  studying  painting  during  the  day.     For  five  years  he  played  comedy 
in  the  West  End  of  London  under  the  managements  of  Beerbohm  Tree,  Arthur 
Bourchier,   Charles   Hawtrey,   Frank   Curzon,  Mrs.   John  Wood  and  others.     He 
toured  in  America  with  Mrs.  Langtry  for  six  months.     Lately  he  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  musical  plays.     The  season  of  1906-'07  he  was  with  Lew  Fields,  opening 
at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  "About  Town." 
He  married  Coralie  Blvthe  June  2,  1904. 


GROSSMITH,  WEEDON,  actor,  a  younger  brother  of  George  Grossmith, 
was  born  in  London  and  educated  at  Simpson's  School,  Hampstead.     He 
attended  also  the  West  London  School  of  Art.    He  is  a  successful  portrait 
painter  and  has  frequently  exhibited  paintings  at  the  Royal  Academy  and 
Grosvenor  Gallery.     Adopting  the  stage  as  a  profession,  he  joined  the  company  of 
Rosina  Yokes  in  1888,  and  came  with  it  to  the  United  States.     On  returning  to 
London  he  made  an  unsuccessful  appearance  in  "Woodstock's  Little  Game,"  and 
returned  to  the  studio  in  disgust.     Sir  Henry  Irving,  however,  offered  the  part  of 
Jacques  Strop,  in  "Robert  Macaire."  to  him,  and  he  was  so  successful  in  this  that 
Richard  Mansfield,  then  just  beginning  his  career  as  a  star,  offered  to  him  a  part 
in  "Prince  Karl,"  which  was  running  at  the  Haymarket,  London.     In  this  theatre 
he  distinguished  himself  as  Percy  Palfreman,  in  "Wealth."    After  that  he  had  great 

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success  in  "The  Cabinet  Minister,"  "The  Volcano"  and  "A  Pantomime  Rehearsal/' 
In  1894-'96  he  acted  as  manager  of  the  Vaudeville  Theatre,  London.  He  produced 
a  play  written  by  himself,  called  "The  Night  of  the  Party,"  in  the  Avenue  Theatre 
in  1901,  and  then  made  a  tour  of  the  United  States  with  it,  playing  a  long  season 
at  the  Princess  Theatre,  New  York.  In  1904  he  appeared  in  the  "Lady  of  Leeds," 
and  in  1905  in  "The  Duffer,"  a  play  written  by  himself. 

In  1895  Mr.  Grossmith  married  May  Palfrey,  of  London.  He  is  a  member  of 
The  Beefsteak,  Garrick,  Savage  and  Art  Students'  clubs,  London,  and  The  Lambs 
and  The  Players.  New  York.  His  home  is  at  No.  1  Bedford  Square,  London,  W.  C. 


GRU NDY,  SYDNEY,  playwright,  was  born  in  Manchester,  England,  March 
23,  1848,  being  the  son  of  the  late  Sydney  Grundy,  ex-Mayor  of  Man- 
chester. After  leaving  Owens  College  he  practised  as  a  barrister  in  Man- 
chester from  1869  to  1876.  His  first  effort  as  a  dramatic  author  was  a 
comedietta,  "A  Little  Change,"  written  in  1872  and  produced  by  Buckstone  at  the 
Haymarket  in  London,  the  Kendals  playing  the  principal  roles.  His  first  important 
play  was  "Mammon,"  produced  in  1887.  This  was  followed  by  "The  Snowball," 
"In  Honor  Bound,"  "The  Vicar  of  Bray,"  "A  Fool's  Paradise,"  "The  Head  of 
Eomulus,"  "Man  Proposes,"  "Sympathetic  Souls,"  "The  Glass  of  Fashion,"  "The 
Queen's  Favorite,"  "The  Silver  Shield,"  "Clito,"  "The  Wife's  Sacrifice,"  "The  Bells 
of  Haslemere,"  "The  Arabian  Nights,"  "The  Pompadour,"  "The  Dean's  Daughter," 
"A  White  Lie,"  "Esther  Sanfraz,"  "Haddon  Hall,"  "Sowing  the  Wind,"  "An  Old 
Jew,"  "A  Bunch  of  Violets,"  "A  Village  Priest,"  "The  New  Woman,"  "Slaves  of 
the  Eing,"  "The  Late  Mr.  Castello,"  "The  Greatest  of  These,"  "A  Marriage  of  Con- 
venience," "The  Silver  Key,"  "The  Musketeers,"  "The  Degenerates,"  "The  Black 
Tulip,"  "A  Debt  of  Honor,"  "Frocks  and  Frills"  and  "Business  Is  Business/' 
nearlv  all  of  which  have  been  seen  in  this  countrv. 


GUILBEBT,  MADAME  YVETTE,  vaudeville  singer,  was  born  in  Paris, 
her  father  being  a  wealthy  merchant.     She  was  educated  in  a  convent 
until  her  father  lost  his  fortune,  when,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  she  went  to 
work  to  help  support  her  family.     She  helped  her  mother  in  an  embroidery 
shop  which  the  latter  opened  in  Paris,  but  the  two  women  were  unlucky.     Then 
Yvette  became  a  dressmaker,  but  her  health  suffered,  and  she  sought  a  place  in  the 
Paris  theatres.     She  was  unsuccessful,  and  then  tried  reporting.     She  forsook  the 
pen  to  try  for  the  stage  again.     This  time  she  went  to  a  cafe  concert  hall,  and 
was  successful.     Her  chansons  soon  became  the  talk  of  Paris,  and  have  since  been 
one  of  the  marked  features  of  the  amusement  world.     She  is  now  as  well  known 
to  American  vaudeville  patrons  as  she  is  in  Paris  and  London.     The  season  of 
1906-'07  she  made  a  tour  of  this  country  in  conjunction  with  Albert  Chevalier,  the 
English  comedian  and  Ginger  of  "coster"  songs. 


HACKETT,  JAMES   KETELTAS,   actor  and  manager,  was  born   on 
Wolfe  Island,  Ontario,  Canada,  September  6,  1869.     His  father,  James 
Henry  Hackett,  was  a  famous  American  actor,  and  his  mother,  Clara  C. 
Hackett,  a  popular  actress.     The  elder  Hackett  died  when  James  K.  was 
only  two  years  old.     The  boy  inherited  a  desire  for  the  stage,  and  when  he  was  seven 
years  old  recited  Shakespeare's  "Seven  Ages"  in  public.     As  a  youth  Mr.  Hackett 
became  well  known  as  a  clever  amateur  actor,  and  he  was  the  leading  spirit  in  the 

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theatricals  at  the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1891.  For  less  than  a  year  he  studied  law.  Then  lie  became  an  actor,  making  his 
first  professional  appearance  in  the  part  of  Francois,  in  "The  Broken  Seal,"'  with 
A.  M.  Palmer's  stock  company,  at  the  Park  Theatre.  Philadelphia,  March  28,  1892. 
After  a  short  season  as  leading  man  with  Lotta,  Mr.  Hackett  joined  Augustin  Daly's 
company,  but  left  it  to  star  during  the  season  of  1893-'94  in  ''The  Private  Secre- 
tary," "The  Arabian  Xights"  and  "Mixed  Pickles."  He  next  became  leading  man 
in  the  Queen's  Theatre  (Montreal)  Stock  Company,  where  he  played  in  ''Heart  and 
Hand,"  "Snowball,"  "American  Money"  and  other  comedies.  On  January  14, 
1895,  he  played  the  Count  de  Neipperg,  in  the  production  of  "Madame  Sans-Gene," 
at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  New  York.  He  also  appeared  the  same  year  in  support 
of  Mrs.  James  Brown  Potter  and  Kyrle  Bellew. 

Mr.  Hackett  joined  Daniel  Frohman's  Lyceum  Theatre  company  in  November, 
1895,  making  his  first  appearance  as  Morris  Lecalle.  in  "The  Home  Secretary."  On 
the  resignation  of  Herbert  Kelcey  Mr.  Hackett  became  leading  man  of  the  com- 
pany, opening  as  such  with  the  revival,  on  February  10.  1896,  of  "The  Prisoner  of 
Zenda."  On  November  23  of  the  same  year  Mr.  Hackett  played  Bruce  Leslie,  in 
"The  Courtship  of  Leonie,"  in  which  Mary  Mannering,  an  English  actress,  made 
her  first  appearance  in  America.  She  became  Mr.  Hackett's  wife  May  2,  1897. 
With  the  Lyceum  company  Mr.  Hackett  played  Captain  Trefuss,  in  "The  Late  Mr, 
Castello";  the  Prince  of  Wales,  in  "The  First  Gentleman  of  Europe";  Lord  Cer- 
vasse  Carew,  in  "The  Mayflower"';  George  Lamorant,  in  "The  Princess  and  the 
Butterfly,"  and  Nigel  Stanyon,  in  "The  Tree  of  Knowledge."  He  began  a  starring 
tour  in  the  latter  play,  but  abandoned  it  after  his  production  of  "Rupert  of  Hent- 
zau."  in  Philadelphia,  November  21,  1898.  His  next  production  as  a  star  was 
"The  Pride  of  Jennico,"  in  which  his  wife  played  the  leading  woman's  part.  The 
season  of  1905-'06  he  produced  "The  Walls  of  Jericho,"  by  Alfred  Sutro.  at  the 
Savoy  Theatre,  he  being  the  leading  man  and  his  wife  the  leading  woman.  It 
proved  to  be  one  of  his  most  successful  ventures. 

The  last  few  years  Mr.  Hackett  has  gone  into  management  on  a  large  scale,  being 
associated  with  the  so-called  Independent  movement.  His  business  office  is  at  No. 
1215  Broadway.  His  home  is  No.  38  East  33d  street.  New  York.  He  is  a  member 
of  The  Players  and  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Club. 


HALL,  OWEN  (JAMES  DAVIS),  playwright,  was  born  in  London  in 
1853,  and  educated  at  the  University  College  of  London.     He  practised 
law  for  twelve  years,  during  that  time  doing  literary  work  for  English 
journals,  but  finally  dropped  legal  work  for  journalism.     For  two  years 
he  was  assistant  editor  of  "Galignani's  Messenger"  in  Paris  and  dramatic  critic  of 
"The  Sporting  Times"  of  London.     He  also  founded  and  edited  "The  Bat"  and 
"The  Phoenix."     Meeting  George  Edwardes  one  day  in  a  railway  carnage  he  told 
the  manager  that  he  could  write  a  better  piece  than  the  one  then  running  at  the 
Gaiety  Theatre,  London,  of  which  Edwardes  was  manager.     He  received  a  commis- 
sion on  the  spot  to  show  what  he  could  do.     In  a  few  weeks  he  produced  the  manu- 
script of  "A  Gaiety  Girl,"  which  proved  a  big  success.     After  this  he  wrote  "An 
Artist's  Model,"  "The  Geisha,"  "A  Greek  Slave"  and  "Floradora,"  none  of  which 
ran  less  than  a  year  in  London,  and  all  of  which  have  been  successfully  produced  in 
New  York.     He  is  also  the  author  of  "The  Silver  Slipper,"  "The  Girl  from  KayV 
and  "The  Little  Cherub,"  all  of  which  have  been  seen  in  New  York. 

A  brother  of  Mr.  Davis  is  a  well  known  newspaper  reporter  in  New  York. 

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HALL,  MISS  PAULINE  (MRS.  GEORGE  B.  M'LELLAN). 
comedienne  and  light  opera  singer,  was  born  in  Seventh  street,  Cincinnati, 
in  1860,  her  maiden  name  being  Pauline  Fredericka  Schmidgall.  Her 
father  kept  a  drug  store.  When  she  was  fifteen  years  old  Miss  Schmidgal! 
made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage,  under  the  name  of  Pauline  Hall,  as  a 
dancer  in  the  ballet  at  Robinson's  Opera  House,  Cincinnati,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Colonel  E.  E.  J.  Miles,  and  when  he  sent  "America's  Racing  Association 
and  Hippodrome"  on  the  road  Miss  Hall  was  the  Mazeppa  of  the  street  parade  and 
drove  a  team  in  the  chariot  races.  In  1880  Miss  Hall  joined  the  Alice  Oates  Opera 
Company  as  a  member  of  the  chorus,  occasionally  playing  small  parts.  Then  for  a 
few  months  she  was  with  Miss  Mary  Anderson,  playing  such  parts  as  Lady  Capulet, 
in  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  and  the  Widow  Melnotte,  in  "The  Lady  of  Lyons."  Next 
joining  Edward  E.  Rice's  company  she  played  in  "Horrors"  and  "Revels,"  and  a? 
Gabrielle  and  Hans  Wagner,  in  "Evangeline." 

In  1882  Miss  Hall  was  with  the  J.  H.  Haverly  company,  singing  Elsa,  in  '"Tht 
Merry  War."  Again  joining  the  Rice  company,  she  created  the  part  of  Venus,  in 
"Orpheus  and  Eurydice,"  at  the  Bijou  Theatre,  Xew  York,  December  1,  1883.  The 
extravaganza  ran  until  March.  15,  1884.  The  following  May  6  she  appeared  as 
Hasson  in  a  revival  of  "Bluebeard"  at  the  same  theatre,  and  three  months  later 
was  at  Xiblo's  Garden,  Xew  York,  as  Loresoul,  in  the  spectacular  extravaganza 
"The  Seven  Ravens."  In  February,  1885,  she  created  the  part  of  Ixion,  in  the 
burlesque  of  the  same  name  at  the  Corned}-  Theatre,  Xew  York.  Then  for  a  time 
she  played  a  German  part,  Prince  Orloffsky,  in  "Die  Fledermaus,"  at  the  Thalia 
Theatre.  Xew  York.  After  a  short  season  with  Xat  Goodwin,  as  Oberon,  in  "Bot- 
tom's Dream,"  Miss  Hall  joined  the  Xew  York  Casino  forces  under  Rudolph  Aron- 
son,  making  her  first  appearance  there  as  Xinon  de  L'Enclos,  in  "Xanon."  Angelo, 
in  "Amorita,"  and  Saffi,  in  "The  Gipsy  Baron,"  were  other  roles. 

Miss  Hall  made  her  greatest  success  as  the  originator  of  the  part  of  Ermine, 
in  the  opera  of  that  name,  which  she  played  throughout  its  record  breaking  run  of 
eight  hundred  performances  at  the  Casino,  Xew  York,  and  also  throughout  the 
country.  Other  Casino  successes  in  which  Miss  Hall  took  part  were  "Xadjy"  and 
"The  Drum  Major." 

She  became  a  star  at  the  head  of  her  own  company  in  1892,  appearing  as  Vivian, 
Earl  of  Barrenlands,  in  the  comic  opera  by  C.  M.  S.  McLellan  and  Edgar  Stillman 
Kelley,  "Puritania,  or  the  Earl  and  the  Maid  of  Salem,"  in  Boston.  After  a 
season  in  vaudeville  Miss  Hall  joined  the  Francis  Wilson  company  in  the  spring 
of  1900,  singing  in  a  revival  of  "Erminie"  and  in  the  comic  operatic  version  of 
"Cyrano  de  Bergerac."  Of  recent  years  Miss  Hall  has  been  seen  chiefly  in  singing 
specialties  in  vaudeville  houses. 

Miss  Hall  was  married  to  Edward  White,  a  Western  mining  man,  at  St.  Louis, 
in  February,  1881.  She  obtained  a  divorce  from  him  in  1889,  and  in  1891  was 
married  to  George  B.  McLellan.  a  theatrical  manager  and  brother  to  C.  M.  S.  Mc- 
Lellan, the  playwright.  Her  home  is  at  Caryl,  Yonkers,  X.  Y. 


HALL,  THURSTOX,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston  in  May.  1882.     He  ap- 
peared in  many  amateur  performances,  playing  Charles  Marlow,  in  "She 
Stoops  to  Conquer,"  and  Clement  Hole,  in  "Sweet  Lavender,"  among  other 
parts.     His  first  appearance  on  the  professional  stage  was  in  William 
Morris's  production  of  "When  We  Were  Twenty-one"  in  September,  1901.    His  first 
part  of  importance  was  that  of  Jasper  Sterrett,  in  "A  Poor  Relation."  under  the 
management  of  Fred  S.  Berger,  played  in  the  season  of  1902-'03.    His  chief  success 


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lias  oeen  as  Mr.  Bob,  the  part  lie  created  in  "Mrs.  \Yiggs  of  the  Cabbage  Patch," 
under  the  management  of  Liebler  &  Co.  He  lias  played  in  stock  companies  in 
Providence  and  Eochester  during  several  summers,  and  last  summer  was  the  lead- 
ing man  of  the  Players'  Stock  Company  at  the  Bush  Temple  Theatre,  Chicago.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  is  fond  of  all  outdoor  and  athletic  sports 
and  has  written  some  verse.  His  home  is  at  Winchester.  Mass. 


HAIXES,  KOBEKT  TEKKEL,  actor,  was  horn  at  Muncie,  Indiana.  Fer> 
ruary  3,  1870,  and  educated  at  the  public  schools  there  and  at  the  Uni- 
versity  of  Missouri.    He  made  his  stage  debut  in  1S91  with  Robert  Down- 
ing in  the  Xational  Theatre.  Washington.  D.  ('..  appearing  as  Lucius  in 
"Yirginius."      In   1892-'93-'94    he    was    in    Thomas    W.    Keene's   company,   and 
in   1894-'9o  with  James  O'Xeill    in    '''The  Count  of  Monte  Cristo.'"   In  1895-'96 
he  played  leading  heavy  parts  in  support  of  Walker  NVhiteside.     In   189(5-'!) 7    he 
played  Alexis  Xazimoff  in  "Darkest  Russia,"  and   De  Xeipperg  in  "Madame  Sans 
Gene."     In  1897-'98  he  appeared  as  John  Xazavoe  in  "The  Cherry  Pickers.'"     He 
turned  his  attention  to  stock  company  work  from  1898  to  1900,  being  the  leading 
man  of  the  Shubert  Stock  Company  at  Syracuse,  X.  Y.,  and  of  the  Albaugh  Stock 
Company  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Baltimore.     The  following  season  he  supported, 
as  Don  Juan  of  Austria,  Viola  Allen  in  "In  the  Palace  of  the  King."     His  next 
engagement  was  as  leading  man  for  Mrs.  Minnie  Maddern  Fiske.  whom  he  supported 
for  two  seasons  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

In  1902  he  created  the  part  of  Pan!  Charteris  in  Genevieve  Haines's  "Hearts 
Aflame"  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  Xew  York.  In  the  following  season  he  created 
the  part  of  Prince  Kara,  in  "The  Darling  of  the  Gods'"  at  the  Belasco  Theatre.  Xew 
York,  sharing  with  Blanche  Bates  the  honors  of  a  run  in  the  city  and  on  the  road 
which  lasted  for  four  seasons.  In  1904-'05  he  starred  in  "Once  Upon  a  Time,"  by 
Genevieve  Haines.  In  February,  1905,  he  was  especially  engaged  to  support  Robert 
Mantell  in  his  Shakespearan  revivals  in  Xew  York,  playing  such  parts  as  I  ago, 
Richmond,  De  Mauprat  and  Laertes.  In  1905-'06  he  again  played  Prince  Kara,  in 
"The  Darling  of  the  Gods,"  this  time  as  a  star.  On  May  7,  1906,  he  created  the  title 
role  in  George  Broadhurst's  drama,  "The  CoAvard,"  at  McYicker's  Theatre.  Chicago. 
Mr.  Haines  is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Missouri,  from  which  he  received 
the  degree  of  LL.D.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Phi  Delta  Theta  Fraternity,  The 
1  jambs,  The  Players,  The  Green  Room  Club,  The  Siwanoy  Country  Club  (West 
Chester,  New  York),  and  The  Brooklyn  Yacht  Club.  He  married,  at  Xew  Orleans, 
March  14,  1895,  Genevieve  Greville,  the  playwright. 

HARLAX,  OTIS,  comedian,  was  born  and  educated  in  Zanesville,   Ohio, 
where  in  1887,  while  he  was  still  a  schoolboy,  the  late  Charles  H.  Hoyt  met 
him.     That   year    Mr.    Harlan    became    a    member    of    Hoyt's    company 
making  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  The  Romantic  Young  Man,  in 
"A  Hole  in  The  Ground."'    He  next  appeared  with  Frank  Daniels  in  "Little  Puck," 
after  which  he  returned  to  the  Hoyt  fold,  as  one  of  the  Razzle-Dazzle  trio,  in  "A 
Brass  Monkey."  His  next  part  was  Major  Yell,  in  "A  Texas  Steer,"  after  which  he 
left  Hoyt  for  a  time  and  played  Tippo  Tip,  in  George  Thatcher's  "Africa."     He 
played  with  May  Irwin  in  "Boys  and  Girls,"  and    next    appeared  as  Spinks,  in 
"Gloriana."  After  a  short  season  with  Thomas  Q.  Seabrooke  in  "The  Isle  of  Cham- 
pagne" he  played  the  part  of  the  Yizier,  in  "Tabasco."   He  then  made  his  greatest 
success  as  Hot  Stuff,  in  "A  Black  Sheep."     Afterward  he  played  the  title  part  in 

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OSCAR     HAMMERSTEIN. 

(Photograph  by  Marceau.) 


"A  Stranger  in  New  York,"  and  that  of  a  New  Jersey  hayseed,  in  "A  Xight  and  A 
Day.'"  The  season  of  1905-'06  Mr.  Harlan  played  Theodore  Banting,  in  "The  Van- 
derbilt  Cup." 


HAMMERSTEIN,  OSCAR,  manager  and  builder  of  theatres,  was  born  in 
Berlin,  Germany,  in  1847.     He  came  to  this  country  in  1863  and  engaged 
in  cigarmaking  for  a  living.     He  invented  many  labor  saving  devices  in 
this  industry,  for  which  he  secured  patents.     He  was  a  passionate  lover 
of  the  theatre,  and,  in  1868,  he  wrote  three  one-act  comedies,  one  of  them  with 
music,  and  they  were  successfully  produced  at  one  of  the  German  theatres  in  New 
York.    They  were  called  "Selo  Sechsig,"  "Antonio"  and  "Our  Poor  Relations."    In 
1870  he  leased  the  Stadt  Theatre,  which  afterward  became  the  Windsor,  and  launched 
into  theatrical  management.     He  was  not  successful  from  a  financial  point  of  view, 
and  for  a  time  he  relinquished  his  theatrical  management  ambition. 

In  1880  he  came  to  the  conclusion  that  Harlem  needed  a  theatre,  and  he  set  to 
work  to  build  her  one.  At  that  time  Harlem  was  not  the  populous  section  that  it 
is  now,  and  she  really  did  not  want  a  theatre.  But  the  valiant  Oscar  decided  that 
she  did,  and  he  built  her  the  ^Harlem  Opera  House,  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and 
practical  theatres  of  the  world.  The  place  ate  up  nearly  $300,000  of  Mr.  Hammer- 
stein's  money  before  he  lost  it.  Then  he  decided  that  Harlem  needed  two  theatres, 
and  he  built  her  the  Columbus,  opening  it  with  Margaret  Mather.  It  made  money, 
but  the  money  had  to  be  sent  to  the  opera  house  to  maintain  it.  Next  he  came 
down  to  Manhattan  and  built  the  Manhattan  Opera  House,  which  afterward 
became  Koster  &  Bial's  Music  Hall.  Then  he  built  the  Olympia,  now  the  New 
York,  and  undertook  to  run  it  as  a  first  class  music  hall.  He  paid  the  highest 
salaries,  and  for  a  time  the  Olympia  was  very  prosperous,  but  the  house  was  finally 
taken  from  him  by  the  New  York  Life  Insurance  Company  on  a  mortgage  for 
$900,000, 

Since  the  collapse  of  the  Olympia  enterprise  Mr.  Hammerstein  has  built  four 
more  theatres  in  New  York — the  Victoria,  which  he  now  manages;  the  Belasco 
Theatre,  the  theatre  opened  by  Lew  Fields  in  42d  street,  and  the  new  Opera  House, 
in  which  he  is  to  try  conclusions  with  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  in  the  pro- 
duction of  grand  opera. 


HARNED,  MISS  VIRGINIA  (MRS.  E.  H.  SOTHERN),  actress,  was 
born  in  Boston  in  1868,  but  when  she  was  a  baby  her  parents  left  that 
city  and  she  was  educated  and  spent  her  early  years  in  England.    Return- 
ing to  this  country  she  made  her  first  stage  appearance  with  a  travelling 
company  playing  "Our  Boarding  House."    Early  in  1887  she  appeared  with  George 
Clarke  in  "The  Corsican  Brothers"  and  "False  Shame,"  and  then  for  two  years 
toured  with  a  company  playing  "A  Night  Off,"  taking  the  part  of  Liobe.    After  a 
short  season  with  Harry  Lacy  in  "The  Still  Alarm,"  Miss  Harned  made  her  first 
appearance  in  New  York,  March  31,  1890,  at  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre,  in 
Sedley  Brown's  "A  Lost  Lane;  or,  On  Green  Meadows." 

After  a  season  playing  Florence  Fetherley,  with  Louis  Aldrich,  in  "The  Editor," 
Miss  Harned  was  engaged  by  Daniel  Frohman  as  leading  woman  for  E.  H.  Sotheru 
and  she  made  her  first  New  York  appearance  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  as  Clara  Dexter, 
in  "The  Maister  of  Woodbarrow."  She  also  created  the  leading  woman  roles  in 
"Lord  Chumley,"  "The  Dancing  Girl"  and  "Captain  Lettarblair."  Her  Drusilla 
Ives,  in  "The  Dancing  Girl,"  attracted  most  attention.  In  1893  she  joined  A.  M. 

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Palmer's  company  and  with  it  played  Mrs.  Erlynne,  in  "Lady  Windermere's  Fan" ; 
Letty  Fletcher,  in  "Saints  and  Sinners,"  and  Mrs.  Sylvester,  in  "The  New  Woman." 
In  1895  Miss  Harned  created  the  part  of  Trilby  in  this  country  at  its  first  produc- 
tion at  the  Park  Theatre,  Boston,  March  11,  and  afterward  played  the  part  through- 
out a  long  run  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  New  York.  She  was  also  the  original  Lady 
Ursula,  in  the  comedy  "The  Adventure  of  Lady  Ursula,"  first  produced  at  the  Broad 
Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  December  6,  1807. 

For  several  seasons  Miss  Harned  has  starred  at  the  head  of  her  own  company. 
The  season  of  1906-'07  she  played  "The  Love  Letter." 

Miss  Harned  was  married  to  Edward  H.  Sothern  in  Philadelphia  December  3, 
1896,  since  which  time  she  has  appeared  chiefly  in  his  support.  Her  New  York 
address  is  No.  37  West  69th  street. 


HARRIS,  SAM  H.,  manager,  was  born  in  the  Bowery,  New  York,  in  187x5. 
He  was  a  bread  winner  at  the  age  of  eleven  and  was  employed  in  various 
mercantile  pursuits   up  to  the  time  when  he  was  seventeen  years   old, 
when  he  became  the  manager  of  a  large  steam  laundry.     Soon  afterward 
he  became  manager  of  Terry  McGovern.  the  lightweight  pugilist,  with  whom  he 
was  very  successful,  both  in  victories  and  financially.     He  bought  a  half  interest  in 
a  burlesque  show,  "The  Gay  Morning  Glories,"  and  featured  McGovern  in  it.    Mr. 

Harris  next  produced  one  of  Theodore 
Kremer's  melodramas,  "The  Fatal  Wed- 
ding," which  was  most  successful  in  the 
popular  priced  houses.  One  day,  on  an 
excursion  of  the  Music  Publishers'  Union 
in  New  York,  he  was  introduced  to  George 
M.  Cohan,  the  comedian  and  playwright. 
They  soon  became  associated  as  partners, 
and  since  then  Mr.  Harris  has  been  iden- 
tified with  the  enormous  successes  of  the 
Cohan  musical  comedies. 

His  ability  as  a  theatrical  manager  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  Klaw  &  Erlanger, 
who  entered  into  an  arrangement  with  him 
whereby  they  had  first  claim  on  the  services 
of  the  young  author  and  composer. 

Notwithstanding  his  numerous  theatrical 
duties,  Mr.  Harris  still  finds  time  to  indulge 
in  his  favorite  pastime,  automobiling,  and 

his  touring  car  is  a  familiar  sight  on  Broadway,  New  York.     His  permanent  address 
is  New  Amsterdam  Theatre  Building,  New  York. 


HARRISON,  MISS  MAUD,  actress,  began  her  stage  career  at  the  Madison 
Square  Theatre,   New  York,  under  the   late   A.   M.   Palmer,  acting,  as 
a  child,  the  boy  Shakespeare  Jarvis,  in  "The  Lights  o'  London."     She 
was  the  first  Mrs.  Brown,  in  Bronson  Howard's  "The  Banker's  Daughter." 
She  was  the  Queen,  in  "Elaine,"  Annie  Russell  being  the  actress  of  the  title  role. 
She  was  concerned  in  such  runs  as  those  of  "Saints  and  Sinners,"  "Aunt  Jack,"  "One 
Touch  of  Nature,"  "Jim  the  Penman"  and  "Broken  Hearts."     She  was  the  first 
actress  in  this  country  as  Rosa  Guerin,  in  "A  Parisian  Romance,"  in  which  Richard 

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Mansfield  made  his  first  notable  hit.     She  was  the  Henriette  of  the  famous  Palmer 
revival  of  "The  Two  Orphans." 

Miss  Harrison  played  in  Sydney  Rosen f eld's  farce  of  "The  Purple  Lady,"  in 
1899,  at  the  Bijou  Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  also  in  "Xaughty  Anthony,"  produced  in 
1900  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre.  Xew  York,  by  David  Belasco.  The  season  of 
1906  she  was  in  "Clothes,"  supporting  Grace  George. 


HART,  JOSEPH  (J.  H.  BONDROW),  comedian,  was  born  in  Boston, 
June  8,  1858,  and  began  his  professional  career  as  a  child  in  such  plays 
as  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  and  "Ten  Xights  in  a  Barroom"  at  the  Howard 
Athenaeum,  then  under  the  management  of  his  uncle.  Josh  Hart.    In  the 
early  '70s  he  joined  I.  W.  Baird's  minstrels  as  end  man.  and  soon  became  one  of  the 
most  popular  of  minstrels  and  banjo  players,  coining  his  own  jokes  and  writing 
his  own  songs.     He  was  one  of  the  minstrel  troupe  of  Simmons  and  Slocum,  of 

Philadelphia,  and  one  of  Tony  Pastor's  best 
drawing  cards.  He  left  minstrelsy  and  va- 
riety to  play  as  Koko.  in  "The  Mikado,"  and 
in  "The  Princess  Ida."  In  1888  he  went  into 
partnership  with  Frederick  Hallen.  and  under 
the  name  of  Hallen  and  Hart  they  toured  the 
country  with  a  company,  playing  the  musical 
comedy  "Later  On,"  written  by  Mr.  Hart  and 
H.  Grattan  Donnelly.  This  ran  for  six  suc- 
cessive years,  and  was  followed  by  "The 
Idea,"  by  Mr.  Hart  and  Herbert  Hall  Win- 
slow,  which  served  them  well  for  two  years 
more. 

The  partners  separated  then,  and  Mr.  Hart 
starred  the  season  of  1895-'96  in  "A  Gay  Old 
Boy,"  written 'by  himself.  In  1897-'98  he 
was  the  star  in  C.  T.  Dazey's  "A  Tarry  town 
Widow."  From  1901  to  1905  he  starred  in 
"Foxy  Grandpa/'  written  by  him  in  collabo- 
ration with  Melville  Baker,  with  whom  he  also  collaborated  in  the  writing  of  "Girls 
Will  Be  Girls."  Mr.  Hart  is  the  author  and  producer  of  many  vaudeville  sketches, 
?n  several  of  which  his  wife,  Carrie  De  Mar,  whom  he  married  August  1,  1894,  has 
achieved  popularity.  His  home  is  16  Morningside  avenue,  Xew  York.  His  business 
address  is  Xew  York  Theatre  Building,  Xew  York. 


HARRIGAX,   EDWARD,   actor  and   playwright,  was  born  in  the  old 
Seventh  Ward  of  Xew  York  October  26,  1843,  being  the  son  of  an  Irish 
ship  contractor.     When  a  boy  he  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage 
in  the  old  Bowery  Theatre,   delivering  an  original  stump  speech  at  a 
performance  of  Campbell's  Minstrels.     From  fifteen  to  seventeen  he  was  an  appren- 
tice in  a  shipyard.     Then  he  drifted  to  the  variety  stage,  soon  becoming  one  of  the 
leading  lights  of  that  class  of  entertainment.     His  first  team  partner  was  Alexander 
O'Brien,  and  his  second  Sam  Rickey,  with  whom  he  appeared  in  "The  Little  Fraud," 
at  the  Globe  Theatre,  Xew  York,  November  21,  1870.     "The  Mulcahey  Twins"  was 
also  produced  during  this  engagement,  and  struck  the  popular  taste.     The  text  of 
both  sketches  was  written  by  Harrigan.     After  dissolving  partnership  with  Rickey 

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Mr.  Harrigan  joined  with  Tony  Hart,  and  for  years  the  Harrigan  and  Hart  team 
was  popular. 

At  this  time  the  upper  West  Side  of  New  York  was  a  wilderness  of  rocks  and 
boulders,  upon  which  thousands  of  poor  families  lived  in  squatters'  shanties,  paying 
no  rent.  Mr.  Harrigan  saw  in  this  element  the  basis  of  a  play  and  wrote  "Squatter 
Sovereignty."  He  produced  it  at  the  Theatre  Comique,  New  York,  in  1881,  and 
took  the  city  by  storm.  It  was  followed  by  a  series  of  similar  plays.  Mr.  Har- 
rigan obtained  control  of  the  Theatre  Comique  and  became  a  manager  himself. 
That  theatre  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  1884,  and  Harrigan  and  Hart  went  to  the 
Park  Theatre,  now  the  Herald  Square,  where  they  produced  "McAllister's  Legacy," 
"Cordelia's  Aspirations"  and  other  plays. 

On  December  29,  1890,  Mr.  Harrigan  opened  a  new  theatre  in  West  35th  street, 
now  the  Garriok,  which  was  called  Harrigan's  Theatre.  He  remained  there  several 
years,  and  then  retired  from  management  and  devoted  his  time  to  tours.  Among 
the  successful  Harrigan  plays  may  be  mentioned  "The  Mulligan  Guards,"  "The 
Mulligan  Guards'  Christmas,"  "The  Mulligan  Guards'  Picnic,"  "Mulligan's  Silver 
Wedding,"  "Old  Lavender,"  "McSorley's  Inflation,"  "The  Leather  Patch,"  "The 
O'Tehans,"  "Dan's  Tribulations"  and  "Eeilly  and  the  400." 


HASWELL,  MISS  PERCY  (MRS.  GEORGE  FAWCETT),  actress, 
was  born  in  Texas  and  educated  in  Washington,  D.  C.     She  made  her 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  a  member  of  Augustin  Daly's  company, 
playing  small  parts  and  being  understudy  to  Ada  Eehan.     She  made  her 
first  pronounced  success  as  Molly  Seamore,  in  "The  Geisha."     In  1895  Miss  Haswell 
became  leading  woman  for  William  H.  Crane,  in  whose  company  she  remained  three 
years.     In  1899  she  became  the  star  of  a  stock  company,  playing  the  entire  season 
in  Washington.     She  was  leading  woman  with  Otis  Skinner  during  the  New  York 
run  of  "Prince  Otto,"  and  in  1901-'02  she  starred  at  the  head  of  her  own  stock 
company  at  Chase's  Theatre,  Baltimore,  opening  with  "The  Liars,"  and  playing 
mam-  Frohman  productions,  such  as  "Liberty  Hall,"  "The  Tyranny  of  Tears,"  "A 
Marriage  of  Convenience/'  etc. 

Miss  Haswell  is  the  wife  of  George  Fawcett,  the  well  known  actor  and  manager. 


HAYDEN-CLARENDON,  J.   (O'BRIEN),   actor  and  playwright,  was 
born  in  County  Cork,  Ireland,  July  10,  1878.    He  was  educated  at  Rat- 
cliff  College,  Leicestershire,  England.     After  studying  law  in  London  in 
1897  he  took  up  the  study  of  art  in  Paris.     Later  he  studied  music  in 
Dresden.     While  in  Paris  he  wrote  a  novel  of  Parisian  student  life,  "The  Aspen 
Leaf."   In  1899  he  returned  to  London  and  took  his  first  professional  stage  engage- 
ment, to  understudy  the  part  of  Bobby  Rivers,  in  "A  Gaiety  Girl."     He  next  played 
Young  Marlowe,  in  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer" ;  Guy  Stanley,  in  "A  Runaway  Girl" ; 
Lieutenant  Fairfax,  in  "The  Geisha" ;  The  Unknown,  in  "In  Gay  Paree,"  and  Harry 
Bronson,  in  "The  Belle  of  New  York." 

In  October,  1900,  he  came  to  America  and  became  a  member  of  Henrietta  Cros- 
man's  "Mistress  Nell"  company.  In  1901-'02  he  played  Percy  Van  Stuyvesant.  in 
"The  Casino  Girl" ;  Dolly,  in  "Morocco  Bound,"  and  Captain  Donegal,  in  "Floro- 
dora."  In  1905-'06  he  pla.yed  Artie,  in  "The  Prince  of  Pilsen."  He  is  the  author 
of  the  comic  operas,  "Sunny  Jim"  (in  collaboration  with  Roy  L.  McCardell)  ;  "The 
Man  from  Cook's"  and  "The  Gay  Coquette."  He  married,  in  Boston,  March  13, 
1902,  Hattie  V.  Moore,  daughter  of  John  Moore,  of  Brooklyn. 

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HENDERSON,  DAVID,  manager,  was  born  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  in 
1853.     At  the  age  of  twelve  he  found  himself  an  orphan,  and  went  to 
work  on  "The  Edinburgh  Evening  Courant."     There  he  was  grounded  in 
all  departments  of  newspaper  work.     He  became  an  expert  stenographer, 
and  found  himself,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  in  Xew  York. 

At  first  he  wrote  "on  space''  in  the  daily  newspapers,  and  acted  as  news  editor 
on  "The  Scottish  American."  He  then  conceived  the  idea  of  publishing  cheap 

standard  novels.  With  his  brother  Wemyss 
he  started  a  printing  office  in  Ann  street  and 
a  publishing  office  in  Xassau  street.  Within 
two  months  he  had  appointed  agents  in  half 
a  dozen  states,  and  was  selling  wagon] oads. 
lie  accepted  a  commission  from  William 
Smyth,  then  of  "The  Herald."  to  go  to  Cal- 
ifornia, where  he  met  Flood,  Fair,  O'Brien. 
Mackay,  George  E.  Hearst  (father  of  W.  R. 
Hearst),  James  Keene,  Ralston,  John  Mc- 
Cullough,  Mark  Twain  and  many  who  have 
since  become  famous. 

David  Henderson,  as  foreign  correspond- 
ent for  "The  Chicago  Tribune,"  was  with 
General  Grant  on  his  trip  around  the  world 
while  in  Europe.  Returning  to  this  country, 
he  became  dramatic  critic  of  "The  Chicago 
Tribune."  After  this,  with  General  John  A. 
Logan  and  William  D.  Eaton,  he  founded 
"The  Chicago  Herald." 

The  Chicago  Opera  House  was  his  next  project.  He  planned  the  scheme  and 
the  stock — $550,000 — was  subscribed  in  six  weeks.  Thus  Chicago  had  the  first 
fireproof,  steel  constructed,  electric  lighted  theatre  in  the  country.  While  the  theatre 
was  being  built  Mr.  Henderson  accepted  an  offer  from  Melville  E.  Stone,  and  became 
managing  editor  of  "The  Chicago  Daily  News." 

The  opera  house  was  opened  by  the  late  Thomas  W.  Keene,  in  "Hamlet."  Then 
began  a  record  which  has  rarely  been  excelled  in  any  one  theatre  in  this  country  by 
any  one  manager.  The  policy  of  the  Chicago  Opera  House  stamped  that  city  as 
a  producing  centre.  In  June,  1887,  was  born  "The  Arabian  Xights."  It  had  a  run 
of  392  performances.  "The  Crystal  Slipper"  followed  and  was  given  855  times. 
Then  came  "Sinhad."  with  783  performances.  This  was  followed  by  "Bluebeard, 
Jr./'  with  802  performances,  and  "Aladdin,  Jr.,"  with  500.  "Ali  Baba"  was  given 
over  900  times,  and  as  an  attraction  at  the  Chicago  World's  Fair  cleared  $246,000. 
Many  players,  including  Henry  Xorman.  Eddie  Foy,  John  D.  Gilbert,  Gerald 
Coventry,  James  Sullivan,  William  Collier,  Thomas  Ryley,  Otis  Harlan,  Lee  Har- 
rison, Ezra  Kendall,  Herbert  Gresham,  Ada  Deaves,  Carrie  De  Mar,  Ida  Mulle, 
Frankie  Raymonde,  Bonnie  Maginn,  May  Yohe,  Dave  Warfield,  May  Irwin  and  the 
late  Dan  Daly  were  associated  with  and  many  of  them  graduated  from  the  Grand 
Opera  House  under  Mr.  Henderson's  management. 

At  the  Chicago  Opera  House  Reginald  De  Koven  and  Harry  B.  Smith's  first 
opera,  "The  Begum,"  and  later  their  greatest  success,  "Robin  Hood,"  were  first 
presented.  The  Metropolitan  Opera  Company  sang  on  that  stage  for  the  first  time 
in  the  West,  Mr.  Henderson  staged  for  many  years  the  productions  of  the  McCaull 
Opera  Company. 

the  other  theatres  of  which  Mr.  Henderson  has  been  the  lessee  are  the 


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Broadway,,  in  Denver;  the  Great  Northern  and  Schiller  (now  the  Garrick),  in 
Chicago;  the  Auditorium,  Kansas  City,  and  the  Savoy,  New  York.  He  built  the 
Duquesne  Theatre  (now  the  Belasco)  in  Pittsburg. 

Mr.  Henderson  married  Frankie  Eaymonde  in  1896,  having  a  few  years  pre- 
viously divorced  his  first  wife,  who  was  known  on  the  stage  as  Grace  Henderson. 

HAWTREY,  CHARLES,  actor,  was  born  at  Slough,  near  Windsor,  Eng- 
land, in  1855,  being  the  son  of  the  Eev.  John  Hawtrey,  an  Eton  master. 
He  was  educated  at  Rugby.    He  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  in 
London  in  "The  Private  Secretary,"  which  had  a  long  run.   This  was  fol- 
lowed by  "The  Arabian  Nights,"  "Tenterhooks,"  "Nerves/'  "Jane"  and  "Husband 
and  Wife."  He  played  at  tlie  Globe  Theatre  from  1892  to  1895,  and  produced  "The 
\Yhite  Elephant"  and  "Saucy  Sally"  at  the  Comedy  in  1895  and  1896,  and  "One 
Summer's  Day"  in  1897.    This  was  followed  by  "The  Cuckoo"  and  "Lord  and  Lady 
Algy"  in  1898,  and  "A  Message  from  Mars,"  at  the  Avenue  Theatre,  London,  in 
1898-1900.    With  this  play  he  came  to  the  United  States  in  1904,  under  the  man- 
agement of  Charles  Frohman,  making  a  pronounced  success. 

Returning  to  London  in  1905.  he  repeated  "A  Message  from  Mars"  at  the  Avenue 
Theatre,  and  then  produced  "Time  Is  Money,"  at  the  Criterion,  subsequently  going 
on  a  provincial  tour  with  Ethel  Irving  in  the  same  piece  and  in  "The  Lucky  Miss 
Dean."  He  created  the  part  of  Mr.  Kingsbury,  in  "The  Indecision  of  Mr.  Kings- 
bury,"  at  the  Haymarket.  He  adapted  "The  Private  Secretary"  from  the  German 
of  Von  Moser,  and  is  the  author  of  "Mr.  Marton,"  a  three  act  comedy. 

Mr.  Hawtrey  married  Helen  Neary  Durand,  daughter  of  the  Eev.  Ha vi  land 
Durand.  of  England,  in  1902.  His  home  is  No.  5  Basil  Mansions,  Sloane  street, 
London,  W. 


HELD,  MISS  ANNA  (MRS.  FLOREXZ  ZIEGFEL1),  JR.),  actress, 
according  to  her  managers,  is  a  Parisienne,  but  it  has  been  stated  by  those 
claiming  to  know  that  she  was  born  in  Indiana.    She  first  became  popular 
in  America  when  she  appeared,  following  Charmion,  at  Koster  &  Bial's 
Music  Hall,  New   York.     Florenz  Ziegfeld,  Jr.,  then  her  manager  and  now  her 
husband  and  manager,  first  introduced  her  to  the  legitimate  stage  by  featuring 
her  in  a  revival  of  "A  Parlor  Match"  with  Evans  and  Hoey  at  the  Herald  Square 
Theatre,  New  York.     It  was  at  this  time  that  Miss  Held  was  advertised  as  taking 
a  bath  in  a  tubful  of  milk  every  morning.     After  a  disastrous  tour  to  the  Pacific 
Coast,  in  which  she  played  in  "A  Gay  Deceiver"  and  "The  Cat  and  the  Cherub,"  she 
appeared  in  "La  Poupee"  at  Hammerstein's  Olympia,  New  York,  and  then  in  the 
musical  comedy  "Papa's  Wife,"  by  Harry  B.  Smith  and  Reginald  De  Koven. 


HERBERT,  VICTOR,  composer,  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland,  on  February 
1.  1859,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Fannie  Lover  Herbert,  and  the  grandson 
of  Samuel  Lover,  the  novelist.     He  was  sent  to  Germany  to  study  music 
when  only  seven  years  old,  and  became  an  expert  performer  on  the  violon- 
cello, playing  that  instrument  in  the  Court  Orchestra,  Stuttgart,  and  with  many 
famous  European  organizations.     He  came  to  this  country  as  solo  'cellist  in  the 
Metropolitan  Orchestra  in  1886,  and  afterward  played  first  'cello  and  was  assistant 
conductor  with  Theodore  Thomas  and  Anton  Seidl.     He  became  bandmaster  of  the 
Twenty-second  Regiment  Band,  New  York,  in  1894,  and  in  1904  organized  his  own 
orchestra,  which  has  toured  all  over  the  country.     Mr.  Herbert's  contributions  to 

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stage  music  are  the  scores  of  the  operas  "Prince  Ananias,''  "The  Serenade"  and  "The 
Viceroy/'  for  the  Bostonians;  "The  Wizard  of  the  Nile,"  "The  Idol's  Eye"  and  "The 
Ameer,"  for  Frank  Daniels ;  "Cyrano  de  Bergerac,"  for  Francis  Wilson ;  "The 
Fortune  Teller"  and  "The  Singing  Girl.''  for  Alice  Xielsen;  "Babette"  and  "Mile. 
Modiste,"  for  Fritzi  Scheff ;  "Dolly  Dollars,"  for  Lulu  Glaser,  and  "Babes  in  Toy- 
land"  and  "It  Happened  in  Nordland." 

Mr.  Herbert  married  on  August  14,  1886,  Therese  Foerster,  a  well  known  prima 
donna.     Mr.  Herbert's  home  is  No.  321  West  108th  street,  Xew  York. 


HERNE,  MISS  CHRYSTAL,  actress,  was  born  in  Boston  in  1883,  her 
father  being  the  well  known  actor  James  A.  Herne,  whose  chief  success 
was  "Shore  Acres."  Miss  Herne  made  her  stage  debut  in  a  small  part  in 
"Griffith  Davenport"  on  January  16,  1899,  the  play  being  produced  by 
her  father's  company.  In  the  season  of  1900-'01  she  played  with  her  father  in 
"Sag  Harbor."  Her  next  engagement  was  with  E.  H.  Sothern.  This  was  followed 
by  her  appearance  as  Dearest  in  a  revival  of  "Little  Lord  Fauntleroy."  In  1903 
she  appeared  as  Hippolyta  in  Xat  Goodwin's  production  of  "A  Midsummer  Night's 
Dream,"  and  in  November  of  that  year  plaA'ed  her  first  engagement  as  a  leading 
woman,  supporting  Arthur  Byron  in  Clyde  Fitch's  "Major  Andre."  This  play 
proving  short-lived,  she  was  engaged  as  leading  woman  by  Xat  Goodwin.  In  his 
company  she  appeared  as  Gwendolin  Winston,  in  "My  Wife's  Husbands."  and  as 
Margaret  Ruthven,  in  "A  Gilded  Fool."  For  the  remainder  of  the  season  of  1904 
she  played  the  leading  parts  in  Klaw  &  Erlanger's  production  of  "Home  Folks" 
and  in  "Richter's  Wife,"  written  by  her  sister,  Julie  Herne.  When  Arnold 
Daly  began  his  production  of  the  series  of  Shaw  plays  he  engaged  Miss  Herne  as 
his  leading  woman,  and  her  impersonations  of  Candida,  in  "Candida,"  and  Gloria,  in 
"You  Never  Can  Tell,"  were  prominent  factors  in  giving  those  plays  their  great 
popularity.  She  appeared  as  Vivie  Warren  in  the  only  production  of  the  Shaw 
play  "Mrs.  Warren's  Profession"  the  authorities  allowed.  Leaving  Mr.  Daly's  com- 
pany, she  went  to  London,  appearing  as  the  leading  woman  in  support  of  H.  B. 
Irving,  son  of  Sir  Henry  Irving,  in  his  production  of  "The  Jury  of  Fate"  at  the 
Shaftesbury  Theatre,  the  opening  night  being  January  2,  1906.  In  March.  190(5. 
she  returned  to  Xew  York  and  again  joined  Mr.  Daly  in  a  Shaw  play,  this  time 
playing  Reina  Petkopf,  in  "Arms  and  the  Man." 


HILLIARI),  ROBERT  COOHRAN,  actor,  was  born  in  Xew  York    in 
May,  1857.     Soon  afterward  his  family  moved  to  Brooklyn,  where  they 
were  socially  prominent.     Robert  Hilliard  first  tried  commercial   life  in 
a  broker's  office  in  Wall  Street,  but,  becoming  interested  in  am-iteur  theat- 
ricals and  being  elected  president  of  the  well  known  Gilbert  Dramatic  Society  in 
Brooklyn,  an  organization  in  which  he  and  Edith  Kingdon,  now  Mrs.  George  Gould, 
played  leading  parts,  he  determined  to  adont  the  stage  as  a  profession.     He  leaded 
the  Criterion  Theatre.  Brooklyn,  and   made  his  first  professional  appearance,  in 
"False  Shame,"  there  January  18.  1886.     He  also  played  in  "Engaged"  and  "Led 
Astray,"  at  his  own  theatre. 

His  next  engagement  was  with  Charles  Frohman,  in  "Saints  and  Sinners"  and 
"The  Golden  Giant."  After  seasons  with  Mrs.  Langtry  and  Nat  Goodwin  Mr. 
Hilliard  starred  in  "Mr.  -Barnes  of  New  York,"  and  made  one  of  his»  greatest  suc- 
cesses in  "Blue  Jeans."  Other  conspicuous  parts  he  played  were  Richard  Gray,  in 
"Adrift."  and  the  Earl  of  Woodstock,  in  "Sporting  Life."  In  1901  he  was  featured 

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by  Charles  and  Daniel  Frohman  in  "Wheels  Within  Wheels."  He  also  starred 
successive  seasons  with  Paul  Arthur  in  "The  Nominee,"  and  alone  in  "Lost  24 
Hours,"  "The  Mummy"  and  "The  Sleepwalker." 

For  years  he  played  a  one-act  drama  called  "The  Littlest  Girl"  in  the  vaudeville 
houses,  and  in  the  fall  of  1905  he  created  the  part  of  Dick  Johnson  (Kemerrez,  the 
road  agent),  in  David  Belasco's  "Girl  of  the  Golden  West."  In  1881  he  married 
Cora  Bell,  a  daughter  of  Franklin  Bell,  of  Brooklyn,  who  obtained  a  divorce  from 
him  April  21,  1894,  and  the  custody  of  their  only  son;  then  twelve  years  old.  In 
September,  1896,  Mr.  Hilliard  married,  in  Jersey  City,  Mrs.  Nellie  E.  Murphy,  who 
had  obtained  a  divorce  from  her  husband,  Edgar  Gibbs  Murphy,  a  well  known  wing 
shot.  Before  her  first  marriage  she  was  Nellie  E.  Whitehouse,  of  N.ew  York.  Mr. 
Hilliard's  son  is  now  an  ensign  in  the  LTnited  States  Navy,  having  graduated  No.  3 
in  his  class  at  Annapolis  three  years  ago. 


HITE,  MISS  MABEL  (MRS.  MICHAEL  J.  DONLIN),  actress,  was 
born  in  Ashland,  Ky.,  in  1885,  being  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis 
Hite.    She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  when  eleven  years  old 
as  the  Lord  Chancellor  in  an  amateur  performance  of  "lolanthe."     Her 
first  professional  engagement  was  with  Dunn  &  Kyley's  company  in  "The  Milk 
White  Flag,"  in  which  she  played  the  part  of  Pony  Luce.     She  made  her  first 
marked  success  a?  Estelle  in  "The  Telephone  Girl,"  playing  Miss  Lipman's  part. 

She  also  achieved  success  as  Quiriussa  in 
"The  Girl  and  the  Bandit."  Since  then  she 
has  appeared  chiefly  in  vaudeville  sketches 
with  Walter  Jones  in  all  the  principal  the- 
atres of  the  Keith-Proctor  and  Percy  Will- 
iams circuits  and  also  at  Hammerstein's. 

Miss  Hite,  unlike  many  other  young 
soubrettes,  is  not  afraid  to  distort  her  feat- 
ures, assume  ungainly  attitudes  and  wear  un- 
attractive but  laughter  inspiring  apparel. 
She  has  made  a  specialty  of  playing  uncouth 
and  ungainly  girls,  and  seeks  to  be  funny 
rather  than  to  look  handsome  on  the  stage. 
In  her  sketch  with  Mr.  Jones  she  plays  the 
part  of  an  actress  who  assumes  to  be  half- 
witted, and  by  her  clever  acting  wins  the  love 
of  the  man  she  loves.  The  season  of  1906 
Miss  Hite  and  Mr.  Jones  played  an  extended 
tour.  Miss  Hite  is  a  baseball  enthusiast,  and 

early  in  1906  she  became  the  wife  of  Michael  J.  Donlin,  the  well  known  baseball 
player. 


HITCHCOCK,  RAYMOND,  comedian,  was  born  in  Auburn,  N.  Y.    Be- 
ing successful   as  an  amateur  actor,  he  decided  to  adopt  the  stage  as 
a  profession.     Obtaining  an  engagement  in  New  York  to  play  leading 
parts  on  the  road,  he  and  the  management  mutually  discovered  that  he 
was  unsuited  to  the  part  of  Ingomar,  and,  finding  himself  stranded  in  Philadelphia, 
Mr.  Hitchcock  obtained  work  in  Wanamaker's  store,  where  he  remained  a  year.     He 
next  was  engaged  by  William  T.  Carleton  and  sang  in  the  chorus  of  "The  Brigand" 

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for  a  salary  of  sixteen  dollars  a  week.  He  got  his  first  real  opportunity  in  Montreal 
when  Charles  A.  Bigelow  fell  ill  and  he  was  called  on  to  take  the  comedian's  part  at 
short  notice.  His  next  engagement  was  for  the  part  of  Sir  Tobin  Topa.x.  in  "The 
Golden  Wedding/'  after  which  he  became  leading  comedian  in  the  Castle  Square 
Opera  Company,  playing  a  variety  of  parts  in  standard  light  opera.  He  was  the 
original  Uncle  Shank  in  "We  'Uns  of  Tennessee."  and  afterward  appeared  in  George 
W.  Lederer's  productions  of  "A  Dangerous  Maid"  and  "Three  Little  Lambs."  He 
supported  May  Irwin  in  "The  Belle  of  Bridgeport,"  played  a  season  with  "The 
Burgomaster,"  and  later  appeared  in  "Vienna  Life"  and  in  the  original  cast  of 
"Miss  Bob  White."  Mr.  Hitchcock  became  a  star  under  the  management  of  Henry 
W.  Savage  in  "King  Dodo,"  produced  in  Chicago  early  in  1902  and  taken  the  same 
year  to  Daly's  Theatre,  New  York.  Mr.  Hitchcock  has  recently  starred  in  "Easy 
Dawson,"  "The  Galloper"  and  "The  Student  King/" 

HUGHES,  MISS  ANNIE  (MKS.  EDMUND  F.  LENOX),  actress,  was 
born   in    Southampton,   England,   in    1869.      She    was    the    daughter   of 
Henry  Hughes-Gass,  of  H  arrogate,  Yorkshire,  and  was  educated  in  Xorth 
London  and  at  Queen's  College,  Harley  street,  London.    Miss  Hughes  was 
only  fifteen  years  old  when  she  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  in  "The 
Private  Secretary,"  under  the  management  of  Charles  Hawtrey,  at  the  Globe  The- 
atre, London.     After  a  short  season  with  Thomas  Thome  at  the  Vaudeville  she 
was  engaged  by  Sir  Charles  Wyndham,  creating  the  part  of  Caroline  Boffin,  in  "A 
Man  With  Three  Wives,"  and  playing  Jennie  Gammon,  in  "Wild  Oats,"  and  one  of 
"The  Two  Roses,"  in  a  revival  of  Alberry's  comedy. 

Joining  the  Adelphi  company  she  played  in  "The  Bells  of  Hazlemere,"  and 
then  went  to  the  Court  Theatre  and  created  the  part  of  Winifred,  in  "Mamma,"  and 
also  played  with  Mrs.  Kendal  in  "The  Weaker  Sex."  In  1887  she  was  the  original 
Little  Lord  Fauntleroy,  playing  the  part  at  the  trial  matinee.  After  a  season 
with  E.  S.  Willard,  playing  Xancy,  in  "The  Middleman,"  Miss  Hughes  was  mar- 
ried in  1890  to  Nicholas  Devereux,  a  wealthy  young  Irishman,  and  announced  her 
intention  of  retiring  from  the  stage.  The  same  year,  however,  she  played  in  "April 
Showers"  and  in  "Sweet  Xancy."  She  also  played  Angela,  in  "A  Country  Mouse," 
in  1901 ;  in  "A  Girl  from  School,"  in  1903,  and  in  "Public  Opinion,"  in  1905. 

In  1904  Miss  Hughes  created  the  part  of  Eliza  Dibbs  in  E.  C.  Carton's  comedy 
"Mr.  Hopkinson,"  at  the  Avenue  Theatre,  London.  When  the  comedy  was  produced 
in  Xew  York,  early  in  1906,  Miss  Hughes  made  her  first  appearance  in  America  in 
her  original  part.  Miss  Hughes  is  now  the  wife  of  Edmund  Fitzmaurice  Lenon,  an 
English  actor,  known  on  the  stage  as  Edmund  Maurice.  Their  home  is  at  Xo.  4 
Portman  Mansions,  Gloucester  Place,  London,  W. 


HOWARD,  BKOXSON",  playwright,  was  born  in  Detroit  on  October  7, 
1842.     His  father  was  a  ship  owner  and  the  Mayor  of  Detroit  in  1849. 
He  was  educated  at  Russle's  Institute,  New  Haven,  Conn.    He  began  life 
as  a  newspaper  man  and  worked  on  "The  Evening  Mail,"  "The  Tribune" 
and  "The  Evening  Post,"  New  York,  in  1862.     Four  years  later  he  retired  from 
journalism  to  devote  himself  to  dramatic  authorship.     During  a  long  career  as  a 
dramatist  he  has  written  scores  of  comedies  and  dramas,  the  most  successful  of 
which  have  been  "Saratoga,"  produced  in  1870 ;  "Diamonds,"  1872 ;  "Moorcroft," 
1874;  "The  Banker's  Daughter,"  1878;  "Old  Love  Letters,"  1878;  "Hurricanes," 
1878;  "Wives,"  1879;  "Young  Mrs.  Winthrop,"  1882;  "One  of  Our  Girls,"  1885; 

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"Met  by  Chance,"  1887;  "The  Henrietta/'  1887;  "Shenandoah,"  1889;  "Aris- 
tocracy," 1892,  and  "Peter  Stuyvesant"  (in  collaboration  with  Brander  Matthews), 
1899.  Mr.  Howard  is  president  of  the  American  Dramatists  and  a  member  of  the 
Authors'  and  Lotos  clubs  and  The  Players,  New  York;  the  Savage  and  Green  Room 
clubs,  London,  and  the  Prismatics,  Detroit.  Mr.  Howard  married  Miss  Alice 
Wyndham,  a  sister  of  Sir  Charles  Wyndham,  in  London,  October  28,  1880. 


HOLLINS,  MISS  MABEL,  actress  and  singer,  was  born  on  Christmas 
Day,  1887,  in  London.  Her  mother  was  a  noted  operatic  singer;  her 
father  Eedfern  Hollins,  the  well  known  English  tenor,  and  her  uncle 
Julian  Edwards,  the  composer.  In  1890  Miss  Hollins  was  brought  to 

this  country  l>j  her  family,  and  three  years  later  her  sister  Maude,  then  playing  with 

Richard  Mansfield,  in  "The  Scarlet  Letter,"  took  her  on  tour  with  that  company. 

Mr.  Mansfield,  after  a  talk  with  Miss  Mabel,  insisted  that  she  play  the  part  of  Pearl, 

a  juvenile,  in  his  support.  At  the  end 
of  the  tour  the  youthful  actress  re- 
turned home  and  began  the  study  of 
music. 

Although  it  was  never  intended  that 
she  should  go  on  the  stage,  Miss  Hollins 
took  part  in  several  amateur  perform- 
ances at  the  Park  Hill  Country  Club,  in 
Yonkers,  and  played  Peep-Bo,  in  "The 
Mikado.'"  A  year  or  two  later,  during 
a  summer  season  of  comic  opera  at  the 
Grand  Opera  House,  New  York,  Will- 
iam Stewart,  having  seen  Miss  Hollins's 
work  as  an  amateur,  selected  her  for  the 
part  of  Molly  Seymour,  in  "The 
Geisha,"  which  she  played  with  marked 
success.  All  doubt  as  to  her  future 
vanished,  and  F.  C.  Whitney  secured 
her  for  Nora  Melon,  in  "Piff,  Paff. 
Pouf."  which  ran  almost  a  year  at  the 
Casino  Theatre,  New  York,  and  later 
played  the  larger  cities.  Following 
this.  Miss  Hollins  created  the  part  of 
Daisy,  in  "His  Honor  the  Mayor," 
which  opened  at  the  Chicago  Opera 
House.  After  a  long  engagement  there 

the  company  toured  the  Middle  West  and  later  settled  at  the  New  York  Theatre 

for  a  long  summer  run. 

During  this  engagement  of  "His  Honor  the  Mayor"  Charles  Frohman  engaged 

Miss  Hollins  to  play  Lady  Dorothy,  in  "The  Little  Cherub,"  at  the  Criterion  Theatre. 

New  York,  and  she  left  the  part  of  Daisy  at  the  height  of  its  popularity,  only  to 

achieve  a  greater  success  in  her  new  role.     Miss  Hollins  is  a  talented  pianiste  and 

has  composed  several  songs,  some  of  which  have  already  been  published.     Her  home 

is  in  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 


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HOLLAND,  EDMUND  MILTON,  actor,  was  born  in  Xew  York  Sep- 
tember 7,  1848,  being  the  second  son  of  George  Holland,  a  well  known 
comedian,  and  Catherine  (DeLuce)   Holland,  and  the  brother  of  Joseph 
and  George  Holland.     He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools.      He  made 
his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  a  baby,  being  carried  on  by  his  father  in  the  play 
"To  Parents  and  Guardians."     When  he  was  fifteen  he  was  made  call  boy  at  Mrs. 
John  Wood's  Olympic  Theatre,  and  about  the  same  time  he  played  one  of  the  children 
in  "A  Day  After  the  Fair."     For  three  years  he  worked  at  ^Irs.  Wood's  theatre  for 
a  salary  of  $6  a  week  and  then  was  engaged  for  small  parts  at  Barnunrs  Museum. 
He  next  appeared  with  Joseph  Jefferson  in  the  first  production  in  Xew  Yon\  of 
"Eip  Van  Winkle."     In  186?  Mr.  Holland  joined  Lester  Wallack's  company.     Up 
to  that  time  his  stage  name  had  been  E.  Milton.     For  thirteen  years  he  remained 
a  member  of  the  Wallack  organization,  his  first  part  being  in  "A  New  Way  to  Pay 
Old  Debts."    His  most  pronounced  success  was  as  Silky,  in  "The  Road  to  Ruin." 

After  leaving  Wallack  in  1880,  Mr.  Holland  played  a  short  engagement  under 
A.  M.  Palmer  as  Rifnandini.  in  "French  Flats,"  after  which  he  went  to  London  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McKee  Rankin,  playing  the  Judge,  in  "The  Danites."  Returning  to 
this  country  he  played  Major  McTurtle,  in  "Mother-in-Law,"  and  the  Deacon,  in 
"After  the  Ball,"  at  Abbey's  Star  Theatre,  Xew  York.  In  1882  he  played  Pittacus 
Green,  in  "Hazel  Kirke."  When  Mr.  Palmer  assumed  control  of  the  Madison 
Square  Theatre  Mr.  Holland  became  a  member  of  his  stock  company,  in  which 
organization  he  remained  until  the  end  of  the  season  of  1894-'95.  His  best  known 
characters  there  and  those  which  he  was  the  first  to  portray  in  this  country  included 
Captain  Redwood,  in  "Jim  the  Penman";  Mr.  Gardiner,  in  "Captain  Swift"; 
Berkley  Brue,  in  "Aunt  Jack";  Gregory,  in  "A  Pair  of  Spectacles";  Lot  Burden, 
in  "Saints  and  Sinners,"  and  Colonel  Carter,  in  "Colonel  Carter  of  Cartersville." 

Mr.  Holland,,  in  conjunction  with  his  brother  Joseph,  first  appeared  as  a  star  at 
the  Garrick  Theatre,  Xew  York,  September  2,  1895,  in  "A  Man  With  a  Past."  The 
seasons  of  1895-'96  and  1896-'97  the  Holland  brothers  starred  in  "A  Social  High- 
wayman," and  later  E.  M.  Holland  appeared  as  Eben  Holden  in  the  play  of  that 
name,  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  He  played  Pope  Pius  X,  in 
"The  Eternal  City/'  in  1902-'03,  and  Captain  Bedford,  in  "Raffles,"  with  Kyrle 
Bellow  from  1903  to  1906.  Mr.  Holland  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs  and  The 
Players. 

HOPPER,  WILLIAM  DE  WOLF,  comedian,  born  in  Xew  York  March 
30,  1858,  is  descended  from  the  well  known  Colonial  De  Wolf  family  on  his 
mother's  side  and  allied  by  marriage  to  the  Belmonts,  Tiffanys,  Perrys, 
Lawrences  and  Aspinwalls.  The  old  De  Wolf  homestead  at  Bristol,  R.  L, 
in  which  state  the  family  was  famous  and  wealthy  in  the  days  of  the  Revolution,  was 
only  recently  sold.  His  mother,  Miss  Rosalie  De  Wolf,  traced  her  genealogy  back  to 
the  eleventh  century,  the  founder  of  the  family  being  known  as  Olf  the  Sharp  Eyed. 
De  Wolf  Hopper's  father,  John  Hopper,  came  from  Quaker  stock.  He  was  a  lawyer, 
and  it  was  intended  that  his  son  should  follow  the  same  profession.  De  Wolf  Hopper 
studied  law,  however,  for  only  six  months.  He  acted  in  an  amateur  performance  of 
"Conscience"  at  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre,  New  York,  and  immediately  de- 
cided to  become  a  professional  actor.  With  $50,000  which  he  received  at  his  father's 
death  he  organized  his  own  company,  calling  it  the  Criterion  Comedy  Company,  and 
with  it  he  made  his  professional  debut  as  Talbot  Champneys,  in  "Our  Boys."  The 
company  also  played  "Caste."  The  company  was  a  failure,  but  Mr.  Hopper  had  some 
money  and  unbounded  confidence  still  left,  and  his  next  venture  was  to  manage  and 

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finance  a  tour  through  the  South  and  West  of  "One  Hundred  Wives."  The  stranding 
of  this  company  ended  his  managerial  career. 

He  then  became  a  humble  actor,  and  was  engaged  by  Edward  Harrigan  for  a 
part  in  "The  Blackbird."  After  this  he  studied  singing  for  a  time,  with  the  inten- 
tion of  taking  up  grand  opera,  but  abandoned  the  plan  to  accept  an  engagement  with 
Daniel  Frohman  in  the  Madison  Square  Theatre  Company  in  1884.  He  appeared 
at  that  theatre  as  Pittacus  Greene,  in  "Hazel  Kirke,"  and  Owen  Hathaway,  in  "May 
Blossom."  Then  he  again  looked  longingly  at  the  grand  opera  stage  and  resumed 
vocal  study.  Comic  opera,  instead  of  grand,  he  soon  learned,  was  to  be  his  forte. 
Tn  the  fall  of  1885  he  joined  the  McCaull  Opera  Company  forces,  and,  being  called 
on  at  the  last  moment  to  play  Pomeret,  in  "Desiret,"  at  the  Broad  Street  Opera 
House,  Philadelphia,  acted  the  part  so  well  that  he  was  at  once  made  chief  comedian 
of  the  company,  with  which  he  played  in  "The  Black  Hussar/'  "The  Beggar 
Student,"  "Die  Fledermaus,"  "The  Lady  or  the  Tiger,"  "Don  Caesar,"  "Loraine," 
"Bellman,"  "Josephine  Sold  by  Her  Sister,"  "Falka,"  "Folback,"  "Boccaccio,"  "The 
Crowing  Hen,"  "Clover,"  "Fatinitza,"  "The  Begum"  and  "Captain  Fracasse." 

Mr.  Hopper  first  became  a  star  in  1890,  under  the  management  of  Locke  &  Davis, 
in  the  opera  "Castles  in  the  Air."  The  following  season  he  brought  out  "Wang,"  by 
J.  Cheever  Goodwin  and  the  late  Woolson  Morse,  and  it  proved  his  first  great  success. 
It  ran  for  two  seasons.  "Panjandrum"  followed,  running  for  a  season.  He  produced 
"Dr.  Syntax"  in  October,  1895,  and  followed  this  with  "El  Capitan,"  by  John  Philip 
Sousa.  in  which  he  opened  in  Boston,  April  13,  1896.  In  1898  he  took  "El  Capitan" 
to  London,  where  it  met  with  astonishing  success,  and  he  also  did  very  well  there 
with  "The  Charlatan,"  under  the  title  of  "The  Mystical  Miss."  He  later  appeared 
as  a  member  of  the  all  star  stock  company  at  the  Weber  &  Fields  Music  Hall,  New 
York,  and  left  that  organization  to  head  his  own  company  in  "Mr.  Pickwick."  After 
a  revival  of  "Wang"  in  1904  he  appeared  the  season  of  1905-'06,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Shuberts,  in  De  Koven's  "Happyland,"  which  ran  the  entire  season. 
Mr.  Hopper  has  also  played  Falstaff,  in  "The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,"  and  David, 
in  an  all  star  production  of  "The  Rivals."  Mr.  Hopper  has  married  four  times.  His 
first  wife  was  Ella  Gardiner,  his  second  cousin  on  his  mother's  side.  They  were 
divorced,  and  he  married  Ida  Mosher,  of  Boston,  a  member  of  the  McCaull  chorus. 
They  had  one  child,  a  boy.  They  were  divorced  in  1886.  He  married  Edna  Wallace 
on  January  28,  1893.  They  were  divorced  in  1898,  and  the  following  year  Mr. 
Hopper  married  Nella  Reardon  Bergen,  who  had  shared  his  success  in  "El  Capitan." 
Mr.  Hopper  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs. 

HOPPER,    MISS    EDNA    WALLACE,    comedienne    and    light    opera 
singer,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  her  father  being  Walter  Wallace, 
a  baseball  scorer  and  theatre  usher  of  that  city.     After  his  death  her 
mother  was  married  to  Alexander  Dunsmuir,  a  Canadian,  who  lived  in 
San  Francisco.     He  died  in  New  York  in  January,  1900,  forty  days  after  his  mar- 
riage to  Mrs.  Wallace,  leaving  a  fortune  valued  at  between  eight  and  ten  million 
dollars  to  his  brother,   James  Dunsmuir,  ex-Premier  of  British   Columbia.     His 
widow  compromised  her  claim  on  the  estate  for  an  annuity  of  $25,000,  which  ceased 
at  her  death.     After  her  death  Edna  Wallace  brought  suit  in  the  Canadian  courts, 
where  the  will  was  probated,  for  one-third  of  the  estate,  to  which  her  mother  was 
entitled  under  the  laws  of  California.     The  Canadian  courts  upheld  the  will,  and 
the  case  was  taken  by  Miss  Hopper  to  the  Privy  Council,  the  British  court  of  last 
resort,  in  London. 

Edna  Wallace  was  educated  at  Yanness   Seminary,  San  Francisco.     The  late 

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Koland  Reed  was  responsible  for  her  desire  to  become  an  actress.  He  met  her  when 
she  was  about  seventeen  years  old  and  jokingly  offered  her  a  place  in  his  company, 
which  was  then  playing  in  San  Francisco.  Although  her  parents  did  not  approve 
of  it,  she  accepted  the  offer,  and  August  17,  1891,  made  her  first  stage  appear- 
ance with  Mr.  Eeed's  company  at  the  Boston  Museum,  as  Mabel  Douglass,  in  "The 
Club  Friend."  Two  weeks  later  she  made  her  first  Xew  York  appearance,  playing 
the  same  part  at  the  Star  Theatre  where,  six  weeks  later  she  played  the  ingenue 
role  in  "Lend  Me  Your  Wife."  Her  work  attracting  the  approval  of  Charles 
Frohman,  he  engaged  her  for  his  forces,  and  with  them  she  appeared  as  Lucy 
Morton,  in  "Jane";  Mrs.  Patterby,  in  "Chums";  Margery,  in  "Men  and  Women," 
and  Wilbur's  Ann,  in  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me."  In  the  last  named  her  play- 
ing received  most  favorable  comment. 

She  was  married  to  De  Wolf  Hopper  June  28,  1895,  while  she  was  playing 
Wilbur's  Ann,  becoming  Mr.  Hopper's  third  wife.  A  few  weeks  afterward,  Delia 
Fox  becoming  ill,  Miss  Hopper  jumped  into  her  part  as  Paquita,  in  "Panjandrum," 
and  made  of  her  first  essay  in  the  comic  opera  field  a  remarkable  success.  There- 
after she  played  with  her  husband,  as  Merope  Mallow,  in  "Dr.  Syntax" ;  Mataya,  in 
"Wang,"  and  created,  in  April,  1896,  the  part  of  Estrelda,  in  "El  Capitan,"  by 
John  Philip  Sousa.  The  Hoppers  had  domestic  difficulties,  separated  in  1898,  and 
were  divorced,  Mr.  Hopper  marrying  Miss  Bergen.  Thereafter  Edna  Wallace 
Hopper  appeared  in  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  an  extravaganza;  with  Lillian 
Russell,  in  a  revival  of  "La  Belle  Helene,"  and  in  1899-1900  with  Jerome  Sykes, 
in  the  extravaganza  "Chris  and  the  Wonderful  Lamp,"  acting  the  role  of  Chris. 
The  season  of  190o-'06  she  played  in  vaudeville.  The  fall  season  of  1906  she  was 
a  member  of  Lew  Fields's  company,  opening  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  Xew 
York,  in  "About  Town."  Her  address  is  Xo.  863  Seventh  avenue,  Xew  York. 


HUNT,  PHIL,  manager,  was  born  in  Philadelphia  in  1868.  He  began  his 
theatrical  career  in  1880  with  H.  B.  Mahn's  Juvenile  Opera  Company. 
Engagements  followed  with  various  travelling  and  stock  companies.  In 
1886  he  became  treasurer  and  business  manager  with  Bennett  and  Moul- 
ton's  companies,  followed  by  engagements  in  a  managerial  capacity  with  Madame 
and  Augustin  Xeuville,  X.  S.  Wood,  Joseph  Callahan,  Harry  Lacy  and  for  three  sea- 
sons with  H.  C.  Miner's  and  W.  A.  Brady's  companies.  In  1894  he  directed  the  tour 
of  Weber  &  Fields's  "The  Trolley  Party,"  and  in  1895  managed  the  tour  of  the  Wash- 
burn  Sisters  in  "Fortuna."  Three  seasons'  association  with  Arthur  C.  Aiston  fol- 
lowed, and  in  1900  he  managed  the  tour  of  Ben  Hendricks  in  Jacob  Litt's  production 
of  "A  Yenuine  Yentleman."  In  1902  he  bought  from  Mortimer  Murdoch,  the  Eng- 
lish playwright,  "Down  by  the  Sea"  for  the  sum  of  $300  and  it  cleared  a  profit  of 
$18,500  for  Mr.  Hunt  in  the  following  three  .seasons.  In  August,  1905,  at  the 
American  Theatre,  Xew  York,  he  produced  "Hearts  of  Gold,"  and  the  same  season,  in 
December,  "A  Crown  of  Thorns"  at  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre.  Mr.  Hunt's 
later  productions  were  "The  Master  Workman"  and  "An  Outcast  Wife." 

ILLINGTON,  MISS  MARGARET  (MRS.  DANIEL  FROHMAN), 
actress,  was  born  in  Bloomington,  111.,  in  1881.     Her  maiden  name  was 
Maude  Light.     After  studying  dramatic  art  for  two  years  in  a  Chicago 
school  she  made  her  professional  debut  in  a  small  part  in  "The  Pride  of 
Jennico,"  with  James  K.  Hackett's  company.     Subsequently  she  played  the  leading 
woman's  role  in  that  romantic  drama.     In  1902  she  became  a  member  of  Daniel 

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Frohman's  stock  company  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  New  York.  She  afterward 
played  a  summer  engagement  as  leading  woman  of  the  Richmond  (Va.)  stock 
company  and  played  one  season  as  leading  woman  with  E.  H.  Sothern.  In  1905 
she  created  the  leading  role  in  "The  Japanese  Xightingale"  at  Daly's  Theatre, 
New  York,  and  in  March,  1904,  she  played  Henriette,  in  the  all-star  cast 
revival  of  "The  Two  Orphans."  She  was  the  creator  of  the  part  of  Mrs.  Leffing- 
well,  in  Augustus  Thomas's  comedy,  "Mrs.  Leffingwell's  Boots,"  in  November. 
1905.  She  played  the  leading  woman's  role  in  "The  Lion  and  the  Mouse"  in 
Chicago  in  1906  and  went  to  London  with  the  company  especially  selected  to  pre- 
sent the  Klein  play  there.  On  September  3,  1906,  she  appeared  as  Nina,  the  lead- 
ing woman's  role  in  Arthur  W.  Pinero's  "His  House  in  Order,"  at  its  first  American 
production  at  Charles  Frohman's  Empire  Theatre,  New  York. 
Miss  Illington's  home  is  No.  159  West  7 Oth  street,  New  York. 


IRVING,   HENRY  BRODRIBB,  actor,  eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry   Irving, 
was  born  in    London   August   5,   1870,  and  educated  at  Marlborough  and 
New  College,  Oxford,  where  he  took  honors  in  history.     On  July  26,  1896,  he 
married  Dorothea  Baird,  an  actress,  who  came  into  prominence  as  creator  of 
the  part  of  Trilby.     He  was  called  to  the  bar  in  1894,  but  never  practised,  preferring 
to  follow  his  father's  profession.     When  twenty-one  he  joined  John  Hare's  com- 
pany at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  London,  appearing  in  "School,"  in  1891.     He  filled 
engagements  under  various  managers  and  toured  in  the  provinces  with  Ben  Greet' s 
company  in  1895.     He  played  Louis  Roupell,  in  "The  Tree  of  Knowledge,"  and 
Sir  William  Beaudevere,  in  "The  Ambassador,"  with  George  Alexander,  at  the  St. 
James's  in  1896-'97.     In  1902  he  joined  the  company  of  Charles  Frohman  at  the 
Duke  of  York's  Theatre  to  play  Orlando,  in  "The  Twin  Sisters,"  and  Crichton,  in 
"The  Admirable  Crichton."     In  1905  he  appeared  as  Hamlet  at  the  Adelphi,  and 
his  performance  was  greeted  with  warm  praise. 

Mr.  Irving  is  the  author  of  "The  Life  of  Judge  Jeffreys,''*  published  in  1898, 
and  a  volume  of  criminal  studies,  entitled  "French  Criminals  of  the  Nineteenth 
Century,"  published  in  1901.  His  home  is  at  Russell  Mansions.  Southampton  Row, 
London. 


IRVING,  MISS  ISABEL,  actress,  was  born  in  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  February 
28,  1871.     Soon  after  she  left  school,  and  without  experience,  even  as  an 
amateur,  she  was  engaged  by  Rosina  Yokes,  and  made  her  first  appearance 
at  the  Standard  Theatre.  New  York,  as  Errnyntrude  Johnson,  in  "The  School 
Mistress,"  in  February,  1887.     The  following  season  she  was  engaged  by  Augustin 
Daly,  and  remained  in  his  company  six  years,  appearing  as  Oberon,  in  "A  Midsum- 
mer Night's  Dream" ;  Helen,  in  "The  Hunchback" ;  Audrey,  in  "As  You  Like  It" ; 
Daisy,  in  "Nancy  and  Co." ;  Susan,  in  "A  Night  Off" ;  Pansy,  in  "The  Great  Un- 
known," and  Faith,  in  "The  Last  Word."    She  played  with  the  company  in  London, 
and  also  at  the  Vaudeville  Theatre,  Paris,  where  she  appeared  in  Ada  Rehan's  part 
of  Jo,  in  "The  Lottery  of  Love." 

While  in  London  in  1894  Miss  Irving  resigned  from  the  Daly  company,  and 
that  fall  she  played  Lady  Noeline,  in  "The  Amazons,"  under  the  management  of 
Daniel  Frohman.  On  the  retirement  of  Georgia  Cayvan,  Miss  Irving  became  lead- 
ing woman  of  the  old  Lyceum  Theatre  Company,  New  York.  While  there  she  played 
in  "'The  Case  of  Rebellious  Susan,"  "The  Prisoner  of  Zenda,"  "A  Woman's  Silence," 
"The  Wife,"  "The  Charity  Ball"  and  "The  Benefit  of  the  Doubt." 

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In  1897  she  was  engaged  by  Charles  Frohman  to  succeed  Maude  Adams  as  lead- 
ing woman  for  John  Drew,  a  place  she  occupied  for  several  seasons,  during  which 
she  played  in  "Rosemary,"  ''A  Marriage  of  Convenience,'*  "One  Summer  Day."  "The 
Liars''  and  "The  Tyranny  of  Tears."  She  also  appeared  in  several  other  Frohman 
productions,  among  them  being  "The  Husbands  of  Leontine,"  "Self  and  Lady," 
"The  Romanesques,"  "The  Eoyal  Rival,"  with  William  Faversham.  and  in  "A  Mes- 
sage from  Mars,"  with  Charles  Hawtrey.  She  then  was  starred  in  "The  Crisis," 
under  the  management  of  James  K.  Hackett.  She  played  Louise,  in  the  all  star  cast 
of  "The  Two  Orphans." 


IRWIN,  MISS  MAY  (MRS.  FREDERICK  W.  KELLER),  activss.  was 
born  in  Whitby,  Ontario,  Canada,  in  1802.  being  the  daughter  of  Robert  F. 
and  Jane  Draper  Campbell.  When  she  was  eight  years  old  she  was  the 
soprano  of  the  village  church  choir.  She  made  her  first  stage  appearance  with 
her  sister  Florence  at  Daniel  Shelby's  Adelphi  Variety  Theatre,  Buffalo,  in  December. 
1875,  the  sisters  singing  duets.  It  is  recorded  that  Florence  fainted  after  they  had 
done  their  first  turn.  At  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Shelby  they  adopted  the  name 
Irwin  for  stage  purposes.  Their  combined  salary  was  $30  a  week.  In  1877  the 
sisters  were  playing  their  first  sketch,  "On  Board  the  Mary  Jane."  at  a  Detroit 
variety  theatre.  Tony  Pastor  saw  them  there  and  engaged  them  for  his  Xew  York 
theatre,  and  they  appeared  for  the  first  time  in  the  metropolis  on  September  13, 
1877.  There  they  played  the  sketch  "A  Rural  Stroll"  for  four  years  and  played 
"leads"  in  the  burlesques.  They  left  Pastor's  in  1884,  and  May  Irwin  was  engaged 
by  Augustin  Daly.  She  made  her  first  appearance  at  his  theatre  in  Pinero's  "Boys 
and  Girls."  She  became  popular  as  the  creator  of  the  role  of  Siisan,  in  "A  Xight 
Off,"  and  Lucy,  in  "The  Recruiting  Officer,"  and  accompanied  Mr.  Daly's  company 
twice  on  its  tours  abroad.  In  1888  she  returned  to  variety  and  became,  with  her 
sister,  a  member  of  the  Howard  Athenaeum  Company,  Boston.  At  this  time  the 
Trwin  sisters  produced  John  J.  McXally's  first  dramatic  work,  a  sketch  called 
"Home  Rule."  After  appearing  in  H.  Grattan  Donnelly's  "Fashions"  she  appeared 
as  Helen  Stockton,  in  "The  Junior  Partner,"  with  Henry  Miller,  under  the  man- 
agement of  Charles  Frohman ;  as  Ophelia,  in  the  burlesque  "Poets  and  Puppets," 
and  in  Russell's  "The  City  Directory."  After  an  engagement  with  Peter  Dailey  in 
"A  Country  Sport"  she  for  the  first  time  became  a  star  with  "The  Widow  Jones," 
by  John  J.  McXally,  which  ran  through  the  season  of  1895-'96.  It  was  at  this  time 
that  Miss  Trwin  began  the  coon  song  singing  which  has  added  so  materially  to  her 
popularity.  She  got  the  idea  through  hearing  negro  servants  singing  rag  time  at  a 
summer  hotel.  The  season  of  1896-'97  she  again  met  with  success  as  a  star  in  "The 
Swell  Miss  Fitzwell,"  and  the  following  season  appeared  in  "Courted  Into  Court/' 
"Kate  Kip,  Buyer,"  "Sister  Mary,"  "The  Belle  of  Bridgeport,"  "Madge  Smith, 
Attorney,"  followed  successively  up  to  the  season  of  190.VOO,  when  she  appeared  in 
"Mrs.  Black  Is  Back."  She  last  appeared  in  "Mrs.  Wilson,  That's  All." 


JEFFRIES,  MISS  MAUD,  actress,  was  born  in  Coahoma  County.  Missis- 
sippi, in  1870,  and  educated  in  Columbia,  Tenn.     When  nineteen  years  old 
she  obtained  an  engagement  to  play  small  parts  in  Augustin  Daly's  company 
in  Xew  York.     Then  Wilson  Barrett,  the  English  actor,  engaged  her  for  his 
London  company.     Her  first  London  success  was  in  "The  People's  Idol,"  at  the 
Olympic  Theatre.     After  that  she  played  leading  parts  in  Mr.  Barrett's  repertoire. 
>U'e  was  the  original  Kate,  in  "The  Manxman,"  and  Ben  My  Chree,  in  Hall  Game's 

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adaptation  of  his  novel  "The  Deemster."  She  was  also  the  original  Mercia,  in  "The 
Sign  of  the  Cross/'  which  she  played  with  Wilson  Barrett  all  over  the  world.  She 
played  Marianne  in  Beerbohm  Tree's  production  of  "Herod"  at  His  Majesty's 
Theatre.  London,  in  1900.  Since  then  she  has  made  a  tour  of  Australasia. 


JANIS,  ELSIE  (ELSIE  JANIS  BIEBBOWER),  actress,  and  youngest 
star  on  the  American  stage,  was  born  at  Delaware,  Ohio,  March  16,  1889. 
Her  parents  were  of  English,  Scotch-Irish  and  German  ancestry.     As  a  child 
of  three  years  she  began  the  imitations  which  have  since  placed  her  in  a  class 
by  herself  in  that  line  of  stage  work.     In  her  own  words :  "I  began  imitating  every- 
thing, from  animals  to  railroad  trains."    While  she  was  living  in  Columbus  she  was 
taken  to  see  James  Neill,  who  was  playing  there  with  his  own  company.     Being 
struck  with  the  personality  of  the  child,  he  arranged  to  make  her  a  member  of  his 

company,  and  gave  her  her  first  part, 
that  of  the  boy  Cain,  in  "The  Charity 
Ball."  As  Cain  she  made  her  first 
stage  appearance  December  24,  1897. 
Her  parents  had  known  President  Mc- 
Ki nicy's  family  in  Columbus,  and  while 
a  guest  at  the  White  House  at  Christ- 
mas, 1899,  she  showed  her  ability  as  an 
entertainer  to  an  audience  composed  of 
the  President  and  his  family,  members 
of  his  Cabinet  and  Miss  Janis's  great- 
uncle,  Senator  Cockrell,  of  Missouri. 
Her  talent  for  mimicry  so  impressed 
the  President  that  he  suggested  a  vaude- 
ville stage  career  for  her.  His  advice 
was  followed,  and  in  August.  1900,  she 
made  her  first  appearance  on  the  vaude- 
ville and  New  York  stages.  Edward 
E.  Eice,  who  was  conducting  summer 
night  concerts  on  the  Casino  Theatre 
roof,  engaged  her,  and  under  the  name 
,  .•,*/;,  of  "Little  Elsie"  she  was  an  instantane- 
ous success.  For  the  next  three  years 
she  was  a  top  liner  in  the  chief  theatres 

•-'...  -'-  j  of  the  vaudeville  circuit,  her  imitations 

of  the  voices,  make-ups  and  manner- 
isms of  various  well  known  actors  being  the  principal  feature  of  her  performances. 
In  1904  she  was  starred  by  Milton  and  Sargent  Aborn  in  "The  Belle  of  New  York." 
thus  becoming  a  star  at  the  age  of  fourteen.  Starring  tours  in  "The  Fortune 
Teller"  and  "The  Duchess,"  which  had  been  played  by  Alice  Nielsen  and  Anna 
Held,  respectively,  followed.  It  was  not,  however,  until  the  summer  of  1905  that 
Miss  Janis  obtained  her  real  chance  in  Broadway.  Then  the  management  of  the 
New  York  Eoof  Garden  selected  her  to  head  their  summer  players.  Miss  Janis 
seemed  to  catch  New  York  at  the  psychological  moment,  and  it  was  then  that 
George  C.  Tyler,  managing  director  of  Liebler  &  Co.,  signed  her.  She  opened 
under  the  Liebler  &  Co.  management  in  "The  Vanderbilt  Cup"  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre,  New  York,  in  the  fall  of  1905  and  enjoyed  there  an  entire  season's  run. 
an  achievement  without  precedent  at  her  age. 

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JANSEN,  MARIE  (MARIE  JOHNSON),  actress,  was  born  in  Boston, 
where  she  made  her  professional  debut  in  the  Park  Theatre  September  13, 
1881,  in  the  "Lawn  Tennis"  company,  then  playing  at  the  Bijou  Theatre, 
New  York.     After  that  she  played  the  waiting  maid  to  the  Countess,  in 
"Olivette,"  and  when  the  company  went  to  Boston  she  was  promoted  to  play  the 
part  of  the  Countess.     In  1883  she  joined  the  forces  of  Colonel  McCaull  and  ap- 
peared in  "The  Beggar  Student."     That  was  her  first  real  success.     Mr.  Aronson, 
of  the  Casino,  in  New  York,  heard  her,  and  at  once  offered  her  a  position  in  his  com- 
pany.    In  the  spring  of  1884  Charles  Wyndham  engaged  her  to  create  the  title  role 
in  "Featherbrain"  in  London,  which  she  played  for  eight  months.     Then  she  came 
back  and  was  engaged  as  leading  woman  for  Francis  Wilson's  comic  opera  company, 
a  position  which  she  retained  for  several  years.     In  1901  she  organized  a  company 
of  her  own,  with  which  she  toured  the  country.     Then  she  retired  for  two  years. 
Her  address  is  Winthrop,  Mass. 

JEFFREYS,  MISS  ELLIS  (MRS.  H.  S.  SKELTON),  actress,  was  born  in 
Ireland,  being  the  daughter  of  the  late  Captain  Jeffreys.  She  was  first  mar- 
ried to  the  Hon.  Frederic  Curzon,  but  this  marriage  was  afterward  dissolved, 
and  she  became  the  bride  of  Herbert  Sleath  Skelton,  an  actor.  Miss  Jeffreys's 
first  appearance  on  the  English  stage  was  in  light  opera,  in  which  she  played  small 
parts.  That  line  of  work  did  not  satisfy  her,  and  she  abandoned  it  for  comedy.  She 
made  an  almost  immediate  success,  and  played  leading  parts  in  nearly  all  the  West 
End  theatres  of  London.  In  1902-'03-'04  she  played  the  leads  with  Harrison  and 
Maude  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre,  in  London,  and  subsequently,  in  1905,  with  Fred- 
erick Harrison.  In  1904  she  made  a  tour  of  the  United  States  in  company  with  her 
husband,  Mr.  Sleath,  and  achieved  considerable  success.  In  1905  she  again  came 
to  the  United  States,  to  play  in  a  special  production  of  "The  Fascinating  Mr.  Van- 
derveldt."  She  opened  the  season  of  1906-'07  in  the  Ignited  States  in  "The  Dear 
Unfair  Sex/'  at  the  Liberty  Theatre,  New  York,  which,  proving  a  failure,  was  with- 
drawn. Later  she  played  Kate  Hardcastle,  in  a  revival  of  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer," 
with  W.  H.  Crane  as  Old  Hardcastle. 


JEWETT,  HENRY,  actor,  was  born  in  Australia,  but  spent  his  boyhood 
in  Dunedin,  New  Zealand.     At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  had  acquired  a  repu- 
tation as  a  public  reciter.    After  working  on  a  ranch  as  a  cowboy  for  a  time  he 
became  a  clerk  in  the  Bank  of  New  Zealand.    In  1879  Mr.  Jewett  made  his 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  Ealph  Waters,  in  an  amateur  performance  of  "Bitter 
Cold,"  in  Dunedin.    He  made  his  first  appearance  as  a  professional  in  Wellington, 
New  Zealand,  April  1,  1880.    After  a  year  of  stock  work  in  Dunedin  he  toured  New 
Zealand  with  Miss  Louise  Pomeroy.    Then  he  went  to  Australia,  opening  as  Clifford 
Armitage,  in  "The  Lights  o'  London,"  in  Ballarat,  Victoria,  December  26,  1882. 

Mr.  Jewett  next  supported  George  Darrell  in  Melbourne,  and  in  1884  joined 
Wybert  Eeeve's  company  in  Adelaide.  For  the  next  seven  or  eight  years  he  was 
leading  man  in  many  first  class  companies  in  Australia.  In  1892  he  came  to  this 
country  and  played  his  first  part  here  as  Charles  Cashmore,  in  the  one  act  play  "My 
Uncle's  Will,"  with  the  Stockwell  Theatre  Company. 

In  1893  Mr.  Jewett  was  leading  man  for  Miss  Julia  Marlowe,  playing  the  whole 
of  her  repertoire.  The  following  season  he  was  with  Eichard  Mansfield.  He 
created  the  part  of  Sergius.  in  George  Bernard  Shaw's  "Arms  and  the  Man,"  and 
with  Miss  Eose  Coghlan  he  played  in  "Diplomacy."  Mr.  Jewett  appeared  as  Bene- 

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diet  Arnold,  in  a  drama  of  the  same  name,  on  December  27,  1895,  in  New  York,  and 
his  performance  attracted  much  attention.  He  then  was  seen  as  Cassius,  in  "Julius 
Caesar,"  and  as  Othello.  The  summer  of  1896  Mr.  Jewett  organized  a  stock  com- 
pany in  Kansas  City,  with  himself  as  star,  and  supported  by  his  wife,  known  on 
the  stage  as  Miss  Frances  Hastings,  whom  he  married  in  Sydney,  Australia,  in  1888. 
Mr.  Jewett  was  with  Mr.  Mansfield  again  in  1896-'97.  He  supported  Miss 
Fanny  Davenport  in  "Joan  of  Arc,"  and  played  Shakespearian  parts  in  St.  Louis 
in  seasons  following.  He  first  appeared  in  the  part  of  John  Storm,  in  "The  Chris- 
tian," in  Boston.  March  6.  1899. 


JONES,  WALTER,  comedian,  was  born  in  Springfield,  Ohio,  in  1872.   "\Vhen 
lie  was  ten  years  old  he  ran  away  to  join  Robinson  &  Alexander's  circus, 
serving  an  apprenticeship  as  a  tumbler,  and  eventually  rising  to  the  dignity 
of  a  clown.     He  then  became  associated  with  the  box  office  of  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  Cincinnati,  and  made  his  first  appearance  as  an  actor  in  a  melodrama 
called  "Genevieve"  on  a  tour  which  terminated  disastrously  in  Toronto.     Working 
his  way  to  St.  Thomas.  Mr.  Jones  joined  the  Howard  Hall  circus,  which  he  left  in 

the  early  80's  to  play  Passepartout  in  Imre 
Kiralfy's  spectacle,  "Around  the  World  in 
Eighty  Days."  Four  seasons  with  W.  A. 
Mestayer's  company  followed,  during  which 
Mr.  Jones  played  in  "'We,  Us  &  Co.,"  "The 
Tourists"  and'  "The  Grab  Bag."  Following 
this  he  played  Owen  McFee  in  "Aunt 
Bridget's  Baby,"  with  George  Monroe. 

Soon  afterward  he  ran  a  dramatic  agency 
in  Cincinnati  and  managed  James  Owen 
O'Connor  for  a  short  season.  Then  followed 
a  season  with  "The  United  States  Mail."  af- 
ter which,  for  two  years,  he  acted  the  part 
of  Snapper  in  "The  Pulse  of  New  York."  It 
was  in  this  part  that  he  originated  the  tramp 
act  which  afterward  brought  him  into  promi- 
nence. He  was  playing  at  the  Grand  Opera 
House,  Boston,  when  Edward  E.  Rice  en- 
gaged him  to  play  the  King  in  "1492."  In 

this,  just  four  hundred  years  after  the  title  date,  Mr.  Jones  made  his  first  great 
success,  his  tramp  specialty  making  him  famous  throughout  the  long  run  of  the 
extravaganza  in  New  York.  Mr.  Jones  then  played  William  Tell  in  "Excelsior 
Jr."  and  one  of  the  bailiffs  in  "The  Lady  Slavey."  His  next  engagement  was  in 
"Gay  New  York."  After  that  he  made  a  popular  character  of  Buffingsby  Flash  in 
"One  Round  of  Pleasure." 

Prior  to  1900  Mr.  Jones  starred  in  a  revival  of  "In  Gay  New  York"  at  the 
Casino,  New  York,  starred  with  Thomas  Q.  Seabrooke  and  Miss  Edna  Wallace 
Hopper  in  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  played  in  "The  Man  in  The  Moon"  at  the 
New  York  Theatre.  New  York,  and  in  "The  Gay  Debutantes."  After  a  season  in 
vaudeville  with  Miss  Norma  Whalley  he  went  to  San  Francisco  in  the  summer  of 
1900  to  play  in  an  all  star  cast  giving  the  Hoyt  farces.  Afterward  he  starred  for 
two  seasons  in  "The  Chaperones,"  of  which  he  was  part  owner  with  Frank  L. 
Perley.  After  a  season  in  George  V.  Hobart's  "The  Sleepy  King"  he  appeared  in 


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1905  in  "The  Girl  and  The  Bandit."     The  season  of  1!)05-'OG  Mr.  Jones  shirred 
in  a  vaudeville  sketch  with  Mabel  Hite. 

He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs,  the  Larchmont  Yacht  Club.  The  Green  Room 
Club,  the  Chicago  Automobile  Club,  the  Vaudeville  Comedy  Club,  the  White  Rats, 
the  Eagles.  F.  0.  E.  and  The  Flying  Squadron. 


JONES,    HENRY    ARTHUR,    playwright,    was    born    in    Brandborough, 
Bucks,   England,  September  29.   1851,  being  the  son  of  Silvanus  Jones,  a 
farmer.     He  was  educated  at  the  village  grammar  school  at  Winslow,  Bucks, 
and -went  into  business  life  at  Bradford,  Yorkshire,  when  thirteen  years  old. 
He  became  a  successful  commercial  traveller,  but  from  the  first  time  he  entered  a 
theatre,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  saw  Miss  Bateman,  in  "Leah,"  at  the  Haymarket. 
London,  he  was  so  fascinated  with  the  stage  that  he  devoted  all  his  spare  time  to 
its  study.     When  he  was  twenty-seven  he  deserted  commercial  life  to  become  a 
dramatist. 

His  first  play  was  a  little  piece  called  "It's  Only  Round  the  Corner,"  which  was 
produced  at  the  Exeter  Royal  Theatre  in  1878.  This  was  followed  by  "Hearts  of 
Oak,"  "Elopement,"  "A  Clerical  Error."  "An  Old  Master,"  "His  Wife,"  "Cherry 
Ripe"  and  "A  Bed  of  Roses."  His  first  notable  success  was  "The  Silver  King," 
written  with  Henry  Herman,  and  produced  at  the  Princess's  Theatre,  London,  by 
Wilson  Barrett,  in  1882.  Since  then  he  has  written  "Saints  and  Sinners,"  produced 
in  1884;  "The  Middleman,"  1889,  and  "Juclali."  1890,  for  E.  S.  Willard ;  "The 
Dancing  Girl."  1891 ;  "The  Crusaders,"  1891 ;  "The  Tempter"  and  "The  Bauble 
Shop."  1893;  "The  Masqueraders"  and  "The  Case  of  Rebellious  Susan,"  1894;  "The 
Triumph  of  the  Philistines."  1895  ;  "Michael  and  His  Lost  Angel"  and  "The  Rogue's 
Comedy,"  1896;  "The  Physician"  and  "The  Liars,"  1897;  "The  Manoeuvres  of 
Jane,"  1898 ;  "The  Lackey's  Carnival"  and  "The  Princess's  Nose,"  1902 :  "White- 
washing" and  "Joseph  Entangled."  1903;  "The  Chevalier,"  1904.  and  "The  Heroic 
Stubbs,"  1906. 

Nearly  all  his  plays  have  been  produced  in  the  United  States.  In  August,  1906. 
his  latest  play.  "The  Hypocrites,"  was  produced,  for  the  first  time  on  any  stage,  at 
the  Hudson  Theatre,  New  York.  Mr.  Jones  personally  superintended  the  rehearsals, 
and  this  was  the  first  time  a  new  play  by  a  leading  English  playwright  had  its 
initial  performance  in  the  United  States.  Mr.  Jones's  home  is  No.  38  Portland 
Place,  London.  N.  W. 


JOHNSON,  MISS  MARION  POLLOCK,  actress,  was  born  in  Dubuque, 
Iowa.    As  a  member  of  the  Amateur  Dramatic  Club  of  Chicago  she  played 
in  many  amateur  performances  before  appearing  on  the  professional  stage, 
on  which  she  made  her  debut  in  Boston,  July  8,  1901.  with  J.  H.  Gilmore. 
She  next  appeared  in  "The  Price  of  Peace"  at  McVicker's  Theatre.  Chicago,  as 
Sister  Agnes  and  general  understudy.    In  1902  she  played  Patty  Swain  in  "Richard 
, Carvel,"  and  the  same  season  joined  Amelia  Bingham's  company,  playing  a  part  in 
"A  Modern  Magdalen."     After  playing  in  "A  Fool  and  His  Money"  in  1903  she 
replaced  Olive  May  in  William  H.  Crane's  "The  Spenders"  company.     In  1904  she 
played  with  the  Bellows  stock  company,  in  St.  Louis ;  in  1905  with  the  Bush  Temple 
stock  company  in  Chicago,  and  in  1906  with  Proctor's  stock  company  in  New  York. 
October  23,  1905,  she  created  the  part  of  Kate  Roberts  in  the  original  "The  Lion 
and  The  Mouse"  company  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  New  York,  and  played  the  same 
part  in  the  season  of  1906. 

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KELLY,  HARRY,  comedian,  was  born  in  New  York  and  made  his  first 
appearance  on  the  stage  at  the  age  of  seven  years  at  the  London  Theatre 
there  with  the  Alex  Zanfretta  Troupe  of  pantomimists.    His  next  engage- 
ment was  with  the  Niles,  Evans,  Bryant  &  Hoey  Company,  he  being  one 
of  an  act  of  boys  known  as  the  Big  Little  Four.     The  first  part  of  consequence 
young  Kelly  essayed  was  that  of  the  Bad  Boy  in  "Peck's  Bad  Boy."     Later  he 
joined  his  stepfather,  John  T.  Kelly,  and  Dan  Mason  who  were  playing  in  "The 

Tigers."  Subsequently  he  played  the  role  of 
the  Policeman  in  "Evangeline,"  and  was  with 
Richard  Golden  in  "A  Barber  Scrape."  With 
John  T.  Kelly  and  Gus  Williams  he  ap- 
peared in  the  farce  "U  and  I"  and  later  with 
John  T.  Kelly  in  "McPhee  of  Dublin."  Af- 
ter gaining  the  popular  favor  in  the  musical 
review  "Cook's  Tours"  at  Koster  &  Bial's, 
New  York,  he  played  with  Lillian  Russell 
in  "The  American  Beauty." 

For  the  next  three  years  he  was  one  of 
the  principal  members  of  Klaw  &  Erlanger's 
"Jack  and  the  Beanstalk"  company,  leaving 
it  for  "The  Whirl  of  the  Town"  at  the 
Casino,  New  York,  in  which  as  the  bartender 
he  again  pleased  the  public,  especially  in  his 
song  "Roxianna  Dooley."  In  the  "Mam'zelle 
'Awkins"  company  at  the  Walnut  Street 
Theatre,  Philadelphia,  and  the  Victoria 

Theatre.  New  York,  lie  made  one  of  the  chief  successes  of  his  career.  Subsequently 
he  was  with  James  T.  Powers  in  "The  Messenger  Boy,"  with  the  late  Jerome  Sykes 
in  "The  Billionaire,"  in  "A  Little  of  Everything"  at  the  Aerial  Gardens,  New 
Amsterdam  Theatre,  New  York,  and  in  "Mother  Goose."  In  1905  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Lew  Fields  Theatre  Company  in  New  York,  playing  in  "It  Hap- 
pened in  Nordland"  and  in  the  burlesque  of  "The  Music  Master/'  He  next  ap- 
peared in  "His  Majesty"  and  in  the  spring  of  1906  created  the  role  of  Deacon 
Flood  in  "His  Honor  the  Mayor,"  probably  the  best  of  his  career.  In  August,  1906, 
Mr.  Kelly  signed  a  five  years'  contract  with  Alfred  E.  Aarons. 


KELCEY,  HERBERT  (HERBERT  LAMB),  actor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land October  10,  1855.     As  the  eldest  son  of  a  county  family,  he  was 
intended  for  the  army,  but  he  joined  a  provincial  theatrical  company  and 
made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Brighton,  in 
1877,  playing  a  small  part  in  "Flirtation."     After  roughing  it  in  the  provinces  for 
three  years,  he  was  engaged  by  Sir  Augustus  Harris,  and  created  the  part  of  Cap- 
tain Lord  Loverton,  in  "Youth,"  produced  at  the  Drury  Lane  Theatre  August  6, 
1881.     The  following  year  he  came  to  this  country,  making  his  American  debut 
at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York,  as  Philip  Radley,  in  "Taken  from  Life,"  Sep- 
tember 9,  1882.     Mr.  Kelcey  also  created  the  parts  of  Count  Orloff,  in  "Diplomacy," 
and  the  Spider,  in  "The  Silver  King,"  in  this  country. 

The  seasons  of  1884-'85  Mr.  Kelcey  was  a  member  of  the  Madison  Square  com- 
pany, New  York,  playing  Cheviot  Hill,  in  "Engaged" ;  Edward  Warburton,  in  "Old 
Love  Letters,"  and  Philip  Van  Pelt,  in  "Our  Society."  The  following  year,  as  a 
member  of  the  Wallack  Stock  Company,  he  played  Colonel  Tressidor,  in  "Harvest": 

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Lord  Jura,  in  "Moths";  Mark  Helstone,  in  "Harbor  Lights";  Tom  Coke,  in  "Old 
Heads  and  Young  Hearts";  Major  Barton,  in  ''The  Dominic's  Daughter."  and 
Joseph  Surface,  in  "The  School  for  Scandal." 

In  October,  1887,  Mr.  Kelcey  became  leading  man  in  Daniel  Frohmau's  Lyceum 
Stock  Company,  making  his  first  appearance  as  John  Rutherford,  in  "The  Wife." 
He  remained  in  that  organization  nine  years,  creating  and  playing  many  leading- 
parts.  In  the  fall  of  1896  he  supported  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter,  in  "The  Heart  of 
Maryland,"  after  which  he  became  a  star,  playing  for  several  seasons  the  role  of 
Edward  Fletcher,  in  "The  Moth  and  the  Flame,"  at  the  head  of  his  own  company, 
with  Effie  Shannon  as  his  leading  woman. 


KELLERD,  JOHN,  actor,  was  born  in  Kensington.  London,  May  14.  1863. 
He  was  an  orphan  at  the  age  of  four,  and  at  eight  had  learned  to  play  the 
vioiin  and  piano.     His  stage  career  began  January  10,   18T9,  when  he 
played  Polonius,  in  "Hamlet,"  at  the  King's  Cross  Theatre,  London.     He 
then  accepted  a  place  as  leading  man  in  the  Lyceum  Theatre  in  Stafford.     From 
there  he  drifted  into  several  provincial  companies,  and   then  obtained  a  London 
engagement  at  Sadlers'  Wells  Theatre.     Another  round  of  the  English  provinces 
followed,  and  then  he  was  engaged,  in  May,  1883.  for  the  company  of  the  Boston 
Museum,  and  came  to  the  United  States  to  fill  that  engagement. 

He  afterward  played  with  Daniel  Bandmann  and  as  leading  man  for  William 
J.  Florence  and  Frederick  Warde.  His  first  New  York  appearance  was  in  "Held 
by  the  Enemy,"  August  16,  1886,  in  the  role  of  Gordon  Hayne.  After  the  death  of 
Florence  he  was  engaged  by  Joseph  Jefferson  to  play  the  part  of  Sir  Lucius 
O'Trigger,  in  "The  Rivals,"  the  part  which  had  been  played  so  long  by  Florence. 
He  appeared  later  with  Henrietta  Crosman,  in  "Sweet  Kitty  Bellairs,"  at  the  Belasco 
Theatre,  New  York,  and  with  Mrs.  Fiske,  in  "Leah  Kleschna." 


KENDAL,  EZRA,  actor,  was  born  on  a  farm  in  Allegany  County.   New 
York,  in  1861.     He  began  life  as  a  printer  in  Olean,  N.  Y. ;  then,  going  to 
New  York,  he  became  a   reporter  on  "The   Xew  York    Herald"   for  a 
time,  and  then  on  "The  Olean  Times."     He  made  his  first  appearance  as 
a  professional  actor  at  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  in  the  farce  "That  Rascal  Pat,"  on  St. 
Patrick's  Day,   1880.     After  that  he  supported  Lillian  Cleves-Clark,  in  "Only  a 
Farmer's  Daughter,"  getting  a  salary  of  $4  a  week  and  expenses.     Mr.  Kendal  made 
his  first  hit  in  "Wanted,  a  Partner,"  at  Rankin's  Third  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York. 
after  which  he  wrote  and  produced  "We,  Us  &  Co.,"  and  became  a  star.     He  starred 
eleven  years  in  his  farce  "A  Pair  of  Kids."     More  recently  Mr.  Kendal  starred  in 
"The  Vinegar  Buyer." 


KENDAL,  WILLIAM  HUNTER  (GRIMSTON),  actor,  was  born  in 
London   December   16,    1843.      At  the   age   of  eighteen  he   entered  the 
dramatic  profession  as  a  member  of  the  old  Soho  stock  company  of  Lon- 
don, which  at  that  period  included  p]llen  Terry  and  David  James.     He 
went  to  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  1862,  where  he  remained,  as  a  member  of  the  Theatre 
Royal  Company  until  1866,  supporting  such  stars  as  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Kean, 
Helen  Faucit  and  G.  V.  Brooke.    At  the  end  of  1866  he  made  his  first  appearance  in 
London  at  the  Haymarket  in  "A  Dangerous  Friend."     He  married  Miss  Madge 
Robertson  August   7,   1869,   and  the  remainder  of  his  theatrical   career  is  prac- 

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tically  identical  with  that  of  his  wife.    He  is  a  member  of  The  Junior,  Carlton,  Gar- 
rick.  Beefsteak,  Arts  and  Cosmopolitan  clubs,  London. 


KENDAL,  MRS.  (MRS.  W.  II.  GRIMSTON),  actress,  was  born  at  Clee- 
thorpes,  Lincolnshire,  March  15,  1849,  being  the  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  W.  Robertson,  both  of  whom  were  actors,  and  the  sister  of  T.  W. 
Robertson,  the  author  of  "Caste/'  "School"  and  "Ours."  Her  first  public 
appearance  was  at  the  old  Marylebone  Theatre  in  "The  Struggle  for  Gold."  For 
a  long  time  she  played  children's  parts  in  pantomime  and  made  her  debut  as  an 
adult  as  Madge  Robertson  at  the  Haymarket,  playing  Ophelia  to  the  Hamlet  of  the 
late  Walter  Montgomery  in  1865.  An  eighteen  months'  tour  in  the  English  prov- 
inces followed,  and  in  1867  she  returned  to  London  and  appeared  in  "The  Great 
City"  at  Drury  Lane.  The  following  year  she  came  into  prominent  notice  by  her 
performance  of  Blanche  Dumont,  in  "A  Hero  of  Romance,"  at  the  Haymarket. 
She  remained  there  for  seven  years,  creating  the  principal  parts  in  a  series  of  suc- 
cessful pieces  by  W.  S.  Gilbert,  including  "The  Palace  of  Truth,"  "Pygmalion  and 
Galatea,"  "Broken  Hearts'"  and  "The  Wicked  World."  Two  of  her  greatest  triumphs 
were  Lady  Orman,  in  "Peril,"  and  Dora,  in  "Diplomacy,"  at  the  Prince  of  Wales's 
Theatre  in  1876. 

The  Kendals  entered  into  a  partnership  with  John  Hare  in  the  management  of 
the  St.  James's  Theatre,  which  continued  from  1877  to  1888,  during  which  time 
they  produced  many  successful  plays.  In  1889  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kendal  made  their 
first  tour  of  the  United  States  and  Canada  under  the  direction  of  Daniel  Frohman. 
It  was  phenomenally  successful,  and  was  repeated  annually  for  five  years.  Since 
then  they  have  made  several  provincial  tours  and  played  several  seasons  in  London. 
The  Kendals  were  married  August  7,  1869.  Their  London  address  is  Xo.  12  Port- 
land Place. 


KEITH,  BENJAMIN  FRANKLIN,  owner  of  vaudeville  theatres,  wa« 
born  in  Hillsboro  Bridge,  X.  H.,  of  Scotch  and  French  parentage.  Until 
he  was  eighteen  years  old  he  was  content  with  the  life  of  a  farm  boy  and 
a  "deestrick"  school  education.  He  saw  a  performance  of  Van  Am- 
burgh's  circus  at  that  time,  and  it  so  impressed  him  that  the  farm  Avas  no  longer  to 
his  liking.  He  started  out  as  a  circus  worker,  and  was  associated  in  those  early 
day*  with  BunnelPs  and  Barnum's  museums,  in  Xew  York,  and  with  the  circuses 
of  Forepaugh  and  Batcheller  &  Doris.  He  finally  ventured  into  the  show  business 
as  a  proprietor,  and  followed  it  with  varying  success  until  1885.  On  July  6  of 
that  year  Mr.  Iveith  founded  and  began  the  continuous  performance  plan  now 
known  as  vaudeville.  Mr.  Keith  himself  ascribes  the  idea  to  the  fact  that  he  saw 
in  a  dream  people  singing  and  dancing  continually  on  a  stage.  He  was  then  part 
owner  of  the  Gaiety  Musee,  in  Boston,  and  he  saw  financial  disaster  coming.  The 
dream  seemed  to  him  an  inspiration  when  he  recalled  it  later  at  a  time  when  he 
was  seeking  some  way  out  of  his  difficulties.  He  went  to  work,  evolved  his  plan 
and  put  it  into  operation.  The  first  day  the  receipts  increased  just  $50. 

The  success  of  the  plan  exceeded  his  most  sanguine  expectations,  and  in  1886 
Mr.  Keith  leased  the  Bijou  Theatre,  adjoining  the  Gaiety.  He  branched  out.  and 
year  by  year  built  or  leased  theatres  for  vaudeville  performances  until,  in  1905,  he 
bad,  in  addition  to  two  Boston  theatres,  houses  in  Providence,  R.  I.;  Pawtucket, 
B.  I.:  Philadelphia,  Cleveland.  Columbus,  Ohio:  Portland.  Me.;  Manchester, 
N.  H. :  Lowell,  Mass. :  Xew  York,  and  London.  England.  In  June.  1906,  Mr. 

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Keith  and  F.  F.  Proctor,  his  chief  competitor  in  the  vaudeville  field,  who  also  had 
theatres  in  various  cities,  including  New  York,  joined  forces  and  formed  the  Keith 
&  Proctor  Amusement  Company.  This  was  the  beginning  of  what  is  now  called 
the  Vaudeville  Trust,  for  a  few  weeks  later  the  United  Booking  Office  of  America. 
headed  by  Messrs.  Keith  and  Proctor,  was  formed,  with  the  control  of  more  than 
one  hundred  vaudeville  houses  in  the  Eastern  and  Western  cities.  Mr.  Keith's 
home  is  in  Brookline,  Mass.  He  is  the  owner  of  the  steam  vacht  Courier. 


KELLY,  JOHN  T.,  Irish  comedian.,  was  born  in  Boston.  Mass..  August  2(5. 
1855.  He  attended  the  public  schools  until  he  was  fourteen  years  old. 
in  the  mean  lime  doing  clog  dancing  for  the  amusement  of  his  com- 
panions. His  first  public  appearance  was  under  the  management  of  M. 
B.  Leavitt,  with  whom  he  made  a  six  months  tour  through  the  Eastern  States  and 
Canada.  At  the  close  of  this  engagement  he  adopted  white  face  and  low  comedy 
parts  and  joined  Jennie  Kimball's  comedy  and  burlesque  company.  While  with 
this  organization  his  parents  induced  him  to  abandon  the  stage,  and  he  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  clothing  cutter.  He  devoted  one  year  to  this  trade,  and  then  threw  away 
•the  tape  measure  in,  disgust  and  joined  "The  Mocking  Bird  Serenaders"  in  Bangor, 
Me.  In  1870  he  made  his  firs  appearance  in  vaudeville,  in  Buffalo.  The  following- 
year  he  became  a  favorite  at  Tony  Pastor's  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  Irish  character 
changes.  He  formed  a  team  with  Thomas  J.  Ryan,  known  as  Kelly  and  Ryan, 
which  was  dissolved  in  1885,  and  Dan  Mason,  the  German  comedian,  then  became 
his  stage  partner.  Afterward  he  joined  with  Gus  Williams,  the  German  comedian, 
and  starred  with  him  in  "U  and  I."  He  afterward  appeared  in  ''Roger  McFee." 
He  was  also  with  the  Weber  &  Fields  forces.  The  season  of  11)0(5  he  played  a  sketch 
in  vaudeville  houses. 


KERKER,   GUSTAVE,  composer  and  musical  director,   who  filled  that 
post  for  many  years  at  the  Xew  York  Casino,  was  born  in  Westphalia. 
Germany,  February  28,  1857,  of  a  family  of  musicians.     He  came  to  this 
•,'  /  J  «,' 

country  in  1867  and  settled  in  Louisville,  Ky.  When  little  more  than 
sixteen  years  old  he  first  conducted  an  opera,  Weljer's  "Der  Freischutz,"  and  later 
he  became  leader  of  the  orchestra  of  a  Louisville  theatre.  In  1879  he  composed 
his  first  opera.  "Cadets,"  the  libretto  being  written  by  Morris  Warner.  Then  he 
went  to  Xew  York,  and  joined  E.  E.  Rice  in  the  production  of  "'Orpheus  and 
Eurydice,"  at  the  Bijou  Opera  House.  He  retained  the  position  of  director  at  the 
Bijou  until  1888,  when  "The  Pearl  of  Peking''  was  produced,  nearly  all  of  the 
music  of  which  he  composed.  Then  he  transferred  his  services  to  the  Casino,  his 
first  production  there  being  "The  Brigands,"  of  which  most  of  the  music  was 
original  with  him.  He  is  the  author  of  the  music  of  "Castles  in  the  Air"  and  "The 
Belle  of  Xew  York,"  and  hundreds  of  similar  pieces. 

KIDDER,   MISS   KATHRYX   (MRS.   LOUIS   K.   ANSPACHER), 
actress,  was  born  in  Xewark,  X.  J.,  but  her  home  is  in  Evanston,  TIL, 
where  her  grandfather  was  President  of  the  University.     Her  father  was 
Colonel  H.  M.  Kidder,  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Board  of  Trade.     Her 
first  real  professional  work  was  done  in  Xew  York,  at  the  old  Union  Square  Theatre, 
where,  in  1888,  she  appeared  as  Wanda,  in  Frank  Mayo's  production  of  "Xordeck." 
After  that  she  played  Rachel  McCreery.  in  William  Gillette's  "Held  by  the  Enemy." 

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at  the  Star  Theatre,  Broadway  and  13th  street,  New  York.  After  that  she  toured 
in  legitimate  repertoire  with  Joseph  Haworth.  Her  next  appearance  was  as  Dear- 
est, in  "Little  Lord  Fauntleroy,"  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  New  York.  Then  she 
purchased  the  American  rights  of  "Sans-Gene"  and  presented  it  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre,  where  it  achieved  a  decided  succcess  and  was  continued  for  a  long  run. 
She  toured  with  this  French  play  for  three  years.  After  this  she  became  a  star 
under  the  management  of  Wagenhals  &  Kemper. 

Miss  Kidder  was  married  in  October,  1905,  to  Louis  K.  Anspacher. 


KLEIN,  CHARLES,  playwright,  was  born  in  London,  England,  January 
7,  1867,  and  educated  at  the  North  London  College.     He  was  connected 
with  the  stage  for  many  years  before  writing  his  first  play,  which  was 
called  "A  Mile  a  Minute."     His  next  play,  "By  Proxy,"  attracted  con- 
siderable attention,  and  he  has  since  scored  many  successes.     His  best  known  plays 
are  "A  Paltry  Million,"  "The  District  Attorney,"  "Heartsease,"  "The  Charlatan," 
"El  Capitan,"  a  comic  opera;  "The  Honorable  John  Grigsby,"  "Dr.  Belgraft,"  "A 
Eoyal  Rogue,"  "The  Cipher  Code,"  "The  Auctioneer"  and  "The  Music  Master," 
both  written  for  David  Warfield;  "Mr.  Pickwick,"  a  comic  opera  written  for  De 
Wolf  Hopper;  "Red  Feather,"  also  an  opera;  "The  Lion  anjl  the  Mouse,"  which 
enjoyed  a  phenomenal  run  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  New  York,  and  "The  Daughters 
of  Men,"  produced  in  the  fall  of  1896.     Mr.  Klein  married  Lilian  Dankwert. 
Mr.  Klein's  home  is  No.  154  West  77th  street,  New  York. 


KXOTT,  MISS  ROSELLE  (MRS.  THOMAS  KNOTT),  actress,  was 
born  Agnes  Roselle  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  in  1870.     The  Roselles  were 
among  the  early  pioneers  of  Canada,  her  grandfather  having  fought  in  the 
War  of  1812,  and  carried  the  tidings  of  peace  at  Stony  Creek.     When  in 
her  early  teens  Agnes  Roselle  saw  "As  You  Like  It"  with  Modjeska  as  Rosalind. 
From,  that  moment  she  determined  that  she  would  one  day  speak  the  lines  of  that 
part.     She  had  played  leading  roles  in  many  amateur  performances,  when  ona  day  a 
travelling  company  was  threatened  with  disaster  in  her  native  town  through  the 
illness  of  one  of  its  members.    Miss  Roselle  stepped  into  the  breach,  and  her  success 
was  instantaneous.    Soon  afterward  she  joined  a  company  at  Halifax. 

When  she  was  nineteen  years  old  Miss  Roselle  was  married  to  Thomas  Knott,  a 
Canadian,  assuming  the  stage  name  of  Roselle  Knott.  Two  children  were  born  of 
this  marriage,  Thomas  Knott,  Jr..  and  Viola  Knott.  Miss  Knott's  first  role  of  im- 
portance was  in  Steele  Mackaye's  drama  "Paul  Kauvar."  Augustus  Pi  ton  then  en- 
gaged her  for  three  years,  presenting  her  first  in  the  role  of  Nourmale,  in  "The 
Cherry  Pickers."  An  engagement  with  Richard  Mansfield  followed,  in  whose  com- 
pany she  played  all  the  leading  roles.  She  played  in  Robert  Mantell's  company  for 
a  season,  and  subsequently  won  success  as  Lygia,  in  the  original  production  of  "Quo 
Vadis."  The  next  season  she  played  the  Empress  Josephine,  in  "More  Than  Queen," 
and  then  Katinka.  in  Clyde  Fitch's  "A  Modern  Magdalen."  This  was  followed  by 
two  seasons  in  "When  Knighthood  \Vas  in  Flower,"  after  which  she  toured  for  a 
season  in  "Cousin  Kate."  The  season  of  1905-'06  she  again  starred  as  Mary  Tudor, 
in  "When  Knighthood  Was  in  Flower,"  playing  fifty  weeks.  The  fall  of  1906  Miss 
Knott  starred  in  the  title  role  in  "The  Duchess  of  Devonshire,"  a  play  written  for 
her  by  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Doremus. 


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ECKAYE,   WILTON,   actor,   was  born  in   Loudoun   County,   Virginia,  in 
1862.     He  was  educated  for  the  priesthood  and  spent  two  years  at  college 
in  Ottawa  and  four  years  at  Georgetown  University,  Washington,  D.  C. 
He  had  received  his  nomination  for  the   propaganda   at  Rome  and  his 
passage  was  booked  for  Havre,  when  he  went  to  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New 
York,  one  night  to  see  a  performance  of  "Esmeralda."    At  its  end  he  told  his  father, 
who  was  with  him,  that  he  intended  to  be  an  actor  instead  of  a  priest.    He  returned 

to  Washington,  and  while  studying  law  there 
became  president  of  the  Lawrence  Barrett 
Dramatic  Association,  with  which  he  ap- 
peared in  many  amateur  performances.  He 
obtained  an  introduction  to  Lawrence  Bar- 
rett, and  in  1883  made  his  first  appearance 
on  the  professional  stage  in  Mr.  Barrett's 
company  at  the  Star  Theatre,  New  York, 
his  role  being  that  of  one  of  Paolo's  friends 
in  a  production  of  "Francesca  da  Rimini." 
His  most  important  part  while  with  Mr. 
Barrett  was  that  of  Salarino,  in  "The  Mer- 
chant of  Venice."  After  playing  in  stock  .in 
Dayton,  Ohio,  with  the  Carrie  Swain  com- 
pany, and  in  "May  Blossom,''  he  joined 
Fanny  Davenport's  company  in  1886,  sup- 
porting her  as  Claudio,  in  "Much  Ado  About 
Nothing,"  and  plaving  in  "Fedora"  and  "As 
You  Like  It." 

In  1887  Mr.  Lackaye  came  into  prominence  by  his  portrayal  of  Robert  Le  Diable 
in  the  production  of  "Allan  Dare"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York,  and 
attracted  still  more  commendation  the  same  year  by  his  playing  of  Leo  in  William 
Gillette's  version  of  "She"  at  Niblo's  Garden.  His  Gouroc,  in  "Paul  Kauvar,"  fol- 
lowed, and  his  substantial  success  in  this  was  repeated  as  Saviani  with  Rose  Coghlan 
in  "Jocelyn"  at  the  Star  Theatre,  New  York.  In  1889  he  played  Don  Stephano  with 
Minnie  Maddern  in  "Featherbrain"  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  and 
Haverhill,  in  "Shenandoah,"  and  Gilchrist,  in  "Booties'  Baby,"  followed.  Augustin 
Daly  then  engaged  him,  and  at  Niblo's  Garden  he  appeared  as  De  Noirville  in 
"Roger  La  Honte"  in  1899  with  William  Terriss  and  Jessie  Millward,  and  at  Daly's 
Theatre  as  O'Donnel  Don  in  "The  Great  Unknown,"  also  in  1899. 

After  leaving  Mr.  Daly  he  appeared  as  Sir  Barton,  in  "My  Jack";  the  Russian, 
in  "Colonel  Tom";  Latour,  in  "The  Dead  Heart";  Jack  Adams,  in  "Money  Mad"; 
Barillas,  in  "The  Pembertons" ;  Jim  Currie,  in  "The  Canuck" ;  the  title  role  in  "Dr. 
Bill"  and  W.  A.  Brady's  production  of  "Nero"  (1890-'91),  and  Steve  Carson,  in 
"The  Power  of  the  Press."  He  then  went  to  London,  and  for  a  short  time  played 
with  the  St.  James's  Theatre  company.  Returning  to  this  country,  he  joined  Charles 
Frohman's  stock  company,  appearing  in  it  in  1892  as  King  Louis,  in  "Pompadour^; 
Perrin,  in  "Mr.  Wilkinson's  Widows,"  and  Jefferson  Stockton,  in  "Aristocracy."  He 
was  next  engaged  by  A.  M.  Palmer  for  his  stock  company,  and  enacted  leading  roles 
in  "Lady  Windermere's  Fan,"  "The  Dancing  Girl,"  "Saints  and  Sinners,"  "Ala- 
bama," "Jim  the  Penman,"  "Woman's  Revenge,"  "The  American  Heiress,"  "The 
Price  of  Silence,"  "The  Transgressor,"  "New  Blood,"  "The  New  Woman"  and  "The 
District  Attorney."  In  1895  he  made  one  of  the  greatest  successes  of  his  career  in 
the  creation  of  Svengali,  in  "Trilby." 

In  1896  he  played  the  title  role  in  Charles  Klein's  "Dr.  Belgraff,"  and  in  1897 


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that  in  Theodore  Burt  Sayre's  "Charles  O'Malley."  In  1899  he  played  Keb  Shenmel 
in  Israel  Zangwill's  "Children  of  the  Ghetto/"'  both  in  New  York  and  London.  He 
was  the  Petronius  of  "Quo  Vadis"  in  1900 :  played  the  leading  man's  role  in  Augus- 
tus Thomas's  "Colorado''  in  1901-'02,  and  was  in  the  cast  of  Amelia  Bingham's 
production  of  "A  Modern  Magdalen"  in  1903.  He  made  another  marked  success  as 
Curtis  Jadvvin  in  W.  A.  Brady's  production  of  "The  Pit,"  a  dramatization  of  Frank 
Xorris's  novel,  which  ran  from  1903  to  1906.  The  fall  of  1906  he  appeared  as 
Jean  Valjean  in  "The  Law  and  the  Man."  a  dramatization  of  Victor  Hugo's  "Les 
Miserables." 

Mr.  Lackaye  married  Miss  Alice  Evans  September  25,  1896. 


EMSOX,  ERNEST,  actor,. was  born  in  Illinois.     He  began  his  professional 
career  in  1892  with  Walker  Whiteside,  playing  comedy  and  character  parts. 
The  next  two  seasons  he  appeared  in  "Edgewood  Folks."  He  next  supported 
James  A.  Herne  and  Stuart  Eobson,  and  played  several  seasons  in  stock 
companies,  making  successes  as  Captain  Merry  weather,  in  "The  Lottery  of  Love"; 
Spettigue,  in  "Charley's  Aunt" ;  Dabney,  in  "All  the  Comforts  of  Home" ;  Kershaw, 
in  "Jane,"  and  Knowlton,  in  "The  Lost  Paradise."     The  season  of  1899-1900  he 
created   the  eccentric  juvenile   part   of  Lem   Yarrington.   in   David  K.   Higgins's 
comedy  "Darius  Green,"  later  called  "Up  York  State."  He  was  the  Lonny  Bowles  in 
"Caleb  West,"  and  the  David  Higgins,  in  "At  Piney  Ridge."  He  then  originated  the 
part  of  Lem  Dunbar,  in  Arthur  Sidman's  "York  State  Folks."    He  then  became  a 
star  and  toured  the  country  successfully  in  a  country  comedy  drama,  "Young  Tobe 
Hoxie,"  of  which  he  is  the  author.    The  season  of  1905-'06  he  was  the  Dave  Lacy  of 
Paul  Armstrong's  "The  Heir  to  the  Hoorah." 

He  is  the  author  of  several  plays,  including  "Found  in  the  Rockies"  and  "Young 
Tobe  Hoxie." 


EXGTRY,  MRS.  LILY  (MRS.  HUGO  GERALD  1)E  BATHE), 
actress,  was  born  on  the  Island  of  Jersey,  in  the  English  Channel,  in  1852. 
She  was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  W.  C.  E.  De  Breton,  dean  of  Jersey. 
When  she  was  only  sixteen  years  old  she  was  married  to  Edward  Langtry, 
a  wealthy  English  merchant.  His  wealth  and  her  fathers  social  standing  gave  her 
entrance  into  English  society,  her  beauty  making  her  the  recognized  belle,  and  her 
close  personal  friendship  with  the  Prince  of  Wales,  now  King  Edward,  made  her 
famous.  When  she  decided  to  go  on  the  professional  stage  in  January,  1882,  the 
Prince  and  all  his  "set"  attended  her  first  appearance  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre. 
It  was  a  great  social  event.  Her  first  part  was  Blanche  Have  in  "Ours,"  and  she 
subsequently  played  Kate  Hardcastle  in  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer."  From  a  society 
leader  Mrs.  Langtry  quickly  developed  into  an  accomplished  actress  and  an  astute 
manager,  with  a  keen  eye  on  box  office  results.  In  the  first  six  years  of  her  pro- 
fessional career  it  is  said  that  she  accumulated  a  fortune  of  about  half  a  million 
dollars  touring  America  and  the  English  provinces.  Her  principal  parts  were  Rosa- 
lind in  "As  You  Like  It,"  Cleopatra.  Esther  Sandraz,  Lady  Clancarty  and  the  lead- 
ing role  in  Sydney  Grundy's  "The  Degenerates." 

Nearly  twenty  years  ago  Mrs.  Langtry  foreswore  her  allegiance  to  the  Queen  of 
England,  the  friendship  of  whose  eldest  son  had  brought  her  fame  and  fortune,  and 
became  an  American  citizen.  She  bought  a  large  ranch  in  California  and  spent 
much  of  her  time  in  this  country.  At  one  time  she  had  a  summer  cottage  in  Long 
Branch.  X.  J..  where  she  entertained  lavishly,  but  in  Bohemian  fashion.  Under  her 

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own  management  she  made  several  tours  of  the  world,  playing  in  the  principal 
English  speaking  cities  of  every  continent.  Both  she  and  her  husband  obtained 
divorces,  she  in  America  and  he  in  England.  In  1897  Mr.  Langtry  died,  a  poor  and 
broken  down  man.  Two  years  later  Mrs.  Langtry  married  Hugo  Gerald  de  Bathe, 
eldest  son  of  Sir  Henry  de  Bathe,  Bart.,  a  man  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century  her 
junior. 

Mrs.  Langtry  at  one  time  owned  a  large  racing  establishment  at  Eegal  Lodge, 
Newmarket,  England,  racing  under  the  name  of  "Mr.  Jersey,"  her  most  famous 
horse  being  Merman,  which  won  many  of  the  English  classic  races.  Her  latest,  most 
successful  play  was  "Mrs.  Bering's  Divorce/'"  by  Percy  Feudal  1.  In  the  season  of 
1905-'06  she  played  repertoire,  with  her  own  company,  in  South  Africa. 


ENE,  MISS  ("1LAKA  (MKS.  J.  K.  MTHKAY),  actress  and  singer,  was 
born  in  Ellsworth,  Me.,  but  was  taken  to  Boston,  Mass.,  while  a  baby 
and  regards  that  city  as  her  home.  After  being  graduated  from  the  Dear- 
born School,  she  studied  music  under  John  Hodgdon  and  Signor  Oliveri. 
After  church  and  amateur  work.  Miss  Lane  made  her  first  professional  appearance 
in  1884,  in  "Virginia,"'  with  the  Bijou  Opera  Stock  Company.  The  next  two  sea- 
sons she  was  with  Hoyt's  "Bag  Baby"  and  "Tin  Soldier''  companies,  after  which 
she  joined  the  Conried  Opera  Company,  opening  at  the  Xational  Theatre,  Wash- 
ington, in  "Nanon,"  and  afterward  playing  Fiamette,  in  "The  Mascot,"  and  Nina, 
in  "A  Night  in  Venice."  Her  next  engagement  was  with  E.  E.  Rice,  in  "The 
Corsair,"  in  1887.  She  then  sang  the  prima  donna  part  in  "The  Pearl  of  Pekin." 
Next  followed  four  years  with  the  Carleton  Opera  Company  as  prima  donna. 
During  this  engagement  Miss  Lane  became  the  wife  of  John  I\.  Murray,  whom  she 
supported  in  "Glen  da  Lough,"  an  Irish  drama,  produced  in  Boston  in  1892-'93. 
The  Murray- Lane  Opera  Company  was  then  formed,  and  successfully  toured  the 
West.  During  the  illness  of  Lillian  Russell,  in  1895,  Miss  Lane  took  her  part  in 
"The  Tzigane."  She  then  joined  the  Castle  Square  Opera  Company,  an  organiza- 
tion with  which  she  has  several  times  been  associated.  In  addition  to  singing  in 
opera  companies,  of  recent  years  Miss  Lane  has  appeared  with  her  husband  in 
operatic  selections  in  vaudeville  houses. 


EUGHLIN,    MISS    ANNA    (MRS.    DWIGHT    VAN    MONKOE), 
actress,  was  born  in  Sacramento,  Cal.,  October  11,  1885.     Her  first  stage 
appearance  was  as  Arthur  May,  a  child  part,  in  "Rosedale,"  at  the  Grove 
Street  Theatre,   San  Francisco,   September  12,  1892.     After  a  season  as 
Little  Eva  with  Peter  Jackson  and  "Parson"  Davies  in  an  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin" 
company,  she  played  Suzanne  La  Ronke,  in  "Roger  La  Honte,"  at  the  Stockwell 
Theatre,  San  Francisco,  and  another  season  with  the  same  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin" 
company.     She  next  created  the  role  of  Marjorie,  in  Arthur  C.  Sidman's  "A  Sum- 
mer Shower" ;  starred  in  "Little  Lord  Fauntleroy,"  and  created  the  part  of  Blind 
Ruth,  in  "A  Man  Without  a  Country,"  at  the  American  Theatre,  New  York. 

After  a  season  as  Editha,  in  "Editha's  Burglar,"  she  appeared  for  three  years  in 
vaudeville,  giving  imitations  of  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter,  and  played  two  years  with  the 
Wilbur  Opera  Company.  She  created  the  soubrette  role  on  the  Casino  roof,  New 
York,  in  "The  Casino  Boy,"  and  was  the  leading  soubrette  in  "The  Belle  of 
Bohemia"  in  London  and  America;  Roxana  Rocks,  in  "The  Casino  Girl."  and 
soubrette  with  Dan  Daly,  in  "The  New  Yorkers."  For  three  years  she  was  Dorothy, 
in  "The  Wizard  of  Oz,"  this  role  being  one  of  her  most  marked  successes.  The 

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role  of  Bonnie,  in  "The  Land  of  Nod,"  was  followed  by  two  months  in  vaudeville 
in  New  York  and  the  role  of  Dolly  Dainty,  in  "His  Majesty,"  at  the  Majestic 
Theatre,  New  York.  Miss  Laughlin  was  married  July  12,  1904,  to  Dwight  Van 
Monroe,  a  New  York  jeweller. 

EWRENCE,  GERALD,  actor,  was  born  in  England,  and  made  his  first 
appearance  as  a  member  of  F.  R.  Benson's  company,  playing  Shakespearian 
repertoire.     He  made  a  tour  of  South  Africa  with  Lillian  Braithwaite,  a 
well  known  actress,  who  was  his  first  wife.     This  marriage  was  afterward 
dissolved.     Mr.  Lawrence  was  for  a  time  a  member  of  Beerbohm  Tree's  company,  at 
His  Majesty's  Theatre,  London,  and  he  then  became  leading  juvenile  man  with  Sir 
Henry  Irving,  remaining  in  the  company  until  the  dea,th  of  the  famous  English 
actor.     On  May  20,  1906,  Mr.  Lawrence  married  Fay  Davis,  the  American  actress, 
in  Boston.     The  fall  season  of  1906  Mr.  Lawrence  was  seen  in  "The  Dear  Unfair 
Sex,"  in  support  of  Ellis  Jeffreys,  in  New  York. 


EWRENCE,    MISS    LILLIAN,    actress,    was    born    in    Alexandria,    Va. 
Her  early  life  was  spent  in  San  Francisco,  where,  as  a  child,  she  made  her 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  the  Queen's  Knight,  in  the  living  chess 
game,  which  was  a  feature  of  the  comic  opera  "The  Royal  Middy,"  at  the 
Bush  Street  Theatre.     Until  she  was  sixteen  years  old  she  sang  in  light  opera  at 
the  California  Theatre  with  Emily  Melville.     Then  for  two  years  she  was  in  a 
stock  company  in  Oakland,  Cal.     She  made  her  first  appearance  in  New  York  in 
1892,  supporting  Hortense  Rhea.     After  a  summer  stock  season  in  Dayton,  Ohio; 
she  played  Henrietta,  in  "The  Two  Orphans,"  with  Kate  Claxton. 

Engagements  in  New  York  with  Minnie  Seligman,  in  "Lady  Gladys,"  at  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  and  with  Katherine  Clemmens,  at  the  Fifth  Avenue,  in 
"Mrs.  Dascott,"  were  followed  by  tours  in  "In  Old  Kentucky"  and  in  Carrie 
Turner's  compan}^.  The  following  year  she  appeared  in  "The  Crust  of  Society," 
under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  She  then  played  Shakespearian  parts 
with  Thomas  W.  Keene.  On  May  3,  1897,  Miss  Lawrence  began  an  engagement 
with  the  Castle  Square  Stock  Company,  in  Boston,  which  lasted  many  seasons  and 
during  which  she  played  more  than  one  hundred  leading  parts.  The  summer  of 
1906  she  was  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  Boston,  at  the  head  of  a  stock  company. 


ENNON,    NESTOR    FORBES    RICHARDSON,    actor,    was    born    in 
Richmond,  Va.,  in  1863.     He  studied  acting  at  a  college  of  oratory  in  New 
York,  and  made  his  first  appearance  there  as  an  amateur  in. 1879,  playing 
a  small  part  in  "Antony  and  Cleopatra."     His  first  professional  engage- 
ment was  with  Lawrence  Barrett,  when  he  was  only  seventeen  years  old,  his  first  part 
being  the  Messenger,  in  "Othello,"  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa.     The  same  year,  1881,  he 
played  in  "Othello"  with  Booth  and  Barrett  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  New  York. 
His  first  principal  part  was  Henry  Marston,  in  "The  Professor,"  at  the  Madison 
Square  Theatre,  New  York,  in  1883.     His  first  pronounced  success  was  as  Anthony 
March,  in  "Called  Back,"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  New  York,  under  the  man- 
agement of  A.  M.  Palmer. 

Other  parts  in  which  Mr.  Lennon  has  been  successful  are  Ruby  Darrell,  in 
"Hearts  of  Oak" ;  Mike  Hampton,  in  "The  Minute  Men" ;  Lord  Clifford,  in  "Jack 
Cade":  lago,  in  "Othello,"  under  James  Collier's  management;  Prince  Ferdinand, 

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jn  "The  Tempest,"  at  McVickers's  Theatre,  Chicago ;  Max  de  Lieussiers,  in  Sardou's 
"Exiles";  the  Artist,  in  "The  Noble  Rogue,"  with  Steele  Mackay,  in  Chicago,  and 
afterward  in  the  same  play,  renamed  "Money  Mad."  at  the  Standard  Theatre,  New 
York.  He  played  Rudolph  in  the  revival  of  "The  Black  Crook,"  at  the  New  York 
Academy  of  Music,  and  has  since  played  hundreds  of  leading  parts.  The  season  of 
1905-'06  he  starred  in  a  repertoire  of  such  plays  as  "When  We  Were  Twenty-One," 
"My  Partner"  and  "Hearts  Aflame."  He  is  expert  at  boxing,  swimming  and  horse- 
back riding. 

EMOYNE,  MRS.  SARAH  CO  WELL,  actress  and  elocutionist,  ivas  born  in 
New  York,  and  made  her  first  professional  appearance,  in  1878,  at  the 
Union  Square  Theatre  there,  in  A.  M.  Palmer's  stock  company,  playing  in 
"The  Two  Orphans,"  "French  Flats,"  "The  Banker's  Daughter,"  "Mother 
and  Son,"  "A  False  Friend''  and  other  plays.     She  stayed  with  this  organization 
three  seasons,  and  then  decided  that  her  field  was  that  of  the  reader  and  elocutionist, 
gaining  especial  distinction  as  an  interpreter  of  Robert  Browning.     In  1884  she 
visited  England,  and  was  successful  as   a  reciter  and  reader.     Returning  to  the 
American  stage,  Mrs.  Lemoyne  made  a  remarkable  success  in  the  part  of  the  Dowager 
Duchess  de  Coutras,  in   Henri  Lavedan's  comedy  "Catherine,"  and  also  as  Mrs. 
Lorimer,  in  "The  Moth  and  the  Flame."     In  1899  Mrs.  Lemoyne  starred  in  "The 
Greatest  Thing  in  the  World,"  by  Harriet  Ford  and  Beatrice  De  Mille.     The  follow- 
ing year  she  played  the  Queen  in  Browning's  tragedy  "In  a  Balcony,"  Otis  Skinner 
being  the  Norbert  and  Eleanor  Robson  the  Constance. 

In  1888  Sarah  Cowell  was  married  to  the  late  William  J.  Lemoyne,  and  has 
since  used  her  married  name  upon  the  stage. 


ENVIS,    FREDERICK,   actor,   was   born   in   Oswego.    X.    Y..    February   14 
1873,  being  the  son  of  Jr.mes  L.  and  Jeanette  Virginia  Lewis.    His  first 
appearance   on   the   professional  stage   was   in    1891.     For   three   or   four 
years  thereafter  he  played  with  various  road  companies,  and  later  became 
a  member  of  the  Lyceum  Stock  Company,  New  York,  playing  in  "When  a  Man's 
Married,"  a  curtain  raiser  to  "The  First  Gentleman  of  Europe."    After  a  season  in 
"The  Prisoner  of  Zenda"  he  played  Charley  Underholt,  in  "My  Friend  from  India," 
and  Lieutenant  Telfair,  in  "The  Heart  of  Maryland."    A  season  with  George  Fawceti; 
as  leading  juvenile   man   of   his   Baltimore   Stock    Company   led   to   his  becoming- 
leading  man  for  two  seasons,  in  one  of  which,  with  Mary  Shaw  as  star,  part  of  the 
company  gave  a  series  of  matinees  of  Ibsen's  "Ghosts"  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre. 
New  York,  Mr.  Lewis  playing  the  part  of  Oswald  Alving.     The  matinees  were  also 
given  at  Mrs.  Osborn's  Play  House,  New  York. 

Mr.  Lewis  next  appeared  as  Orlando,  in  "As  You  Like  It,"  supporting  Hen- 
rietta Crosman;  starred  in  a  dramatization  of  the  life  of  Edgar  Allan  Poe.  called 
"The  Raven,"  and  appeared  at  the  Knickerbocker  Theatre,  New  York,  as  Professor 
Arnold  Rubek,  in  Ibsen's  "When  We  Dead  Awake."  In  the  mean  time  he  played  in 
summer  stock  companies  in  Rochester  and  New  York.  The  season  of  1905-'OG  he 
was  leading  man  with  E.  H.  Sothern  and  Julia  Marlowe,  playing  Mercutio.  in 
"Romeo  and  Juliet";  Bassanio,  in  "The  Merchant  of  Venice";  Duke  Orsino,  in 
"Twelfth  Night";  Don  Pedro,  in  "Much  Ado  About  Nothing,"  and  Horatio,  in 
"Hamlet."  He  was  engaged  for  the  following  season  in  the  same  capacity.  He  is  a 
member  of  The  Lambs  and  The  Players  and  is  fond  of  all  out-of-door  sports. 

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EVEY,    MISS    ETHEL    (MRS.    GEORUE    M.   COIIAX),    comedienne 
and  dancer,  was  born  in  San  Francisco,  November  22,  1880.    She  appeared 
in  amateur  theatricals  from  the  time  she  was  eight  years  old,  as  an  elocu- 
tionist and  pianist.     She  made  her  professional  debut  at  the  Columbia 
Theatre,  San  Francisco,  New  Year's  Eve,  1897,  with  Hoytfs  "A  Milk  White  Flag," 
in  a  coon  song  specialty.     Her  first  popular  success  was  made  at  a  Sunday  night 
concert  at  Wobcr  &  Fields's  Music  Hall,  New  York.     It  led  to  an  engagement  in 

Koster  &  Bial's  Music  Hall,  New  York,  which 
lasted  for  twenty  weeks,  after  which  she 
signed  with  Weber  &  Fields. 

The  first  season  Miss  Levey  entered  the 
vaudeville  field  she  appeared  with  a  company 
headed  by  Joe  Hart  and  Carrie  De  Mar.  She 
next  joined  the  Hyde  &  Behman  Specialty 
Company,  to  be  with  George  M.  Cohan,  whom 
she  had  married  the  previous  summer.  She 
has  appeared  in  all  of  George  M.  Cohan's  suc- 
cessful productions  up  to  the  present  time, 
her  successes  in  "Running  for  Office,"  "The 
Governor's  Son,"  "Little  Johnny  Jones"  and 
"George  Washington,  Jr.,"  having  been  pro- 
nounced. The  summer  season  of  1906  \Fiss 
Levey  was  seen  as  Mrs.  Dickey  Dickson.  the 
runaway's  wife,  in  her  husband's  comedy 
"The  Governor's  Son,"  at  the  New  Amster- 
dam Theatre  Roof  Garden,  New  York.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cohan  have  one  daughter,  Georgia  Ethelia  Cohan,  who  is  six  years  old. 


EI'MAX,  MISS  TLAKA   (MRS.   LOFIS  MANX),  actress,  was  born  in 
Chicago.     She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  in  Kiralfv's  "The 
Bat  Catcher."     She  next  played  the  ingenue  role  in  Madame  Modjeska's 
production  of  "Odette,"  and  created  the  leading  woman's  part  in  "Incog," 
under  the  management  of  the  late  A.  M.   Palmer.    She  afterward  playec"   .etfling 
juvenile  parts  with  Mitterwurzer,  the  German  star,  in  Chicago.    Becoming  ttie  wife 
of  Louis  Mann,  the  comedian,  she  starred  with  him  in  "The  Laughing  Girl,"  "The 
Strange  Adventures  of  Miss  Brown"  and  "The  Telephone  Girl,"  and  created  the 
part  of  Julie  Bon  Bon,  in  "The  Girl  from  Paris,"  making  her  greatest  success  in 
that  role.    She  afterward  starred  in  many  musical  comedies  with  her  husband.    The 
season  of  1905-'0f>  they  starred  in  a  comedy  called  "Julie  Bon  Bon,"  written  by  Miss 
Lipman. 

Miss  Lipman's  New  York  address  is  No.  310  West  101st  street. 


ESTER,  MISS  KATE,  actress,   was  born  in  Shouldam  Thorpe,  Norfolk, 
England.    One  of  her  ancestors.  Sir  William  Butts,  was  physician  to  King 
Henry  VIII,  and  appears  as  one  of  the  characters  in  Shakespeare's  "King 
Henry  VIII."  His  portrait,  painted  by  Holbein,  now  hangs  in  the  National 
Gallery  at  London.     Miss   Lester  made  her  first  stage  appearance,  after  a  year's 
study  with  Dion  Boucicault,  in  "Partners"  at  the  old  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New 
York,  with  the  Madison  Square  Stock  Company,  when  Alexander  Salvini  was  its 
leading  man.    She  afterward  played  Ruth  Rolt  in  Pinero's  "Sweet  Lavender."  under 

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the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  Her  continued  <ueeesse>  in  minor  parts  led 
to  her  engagement  as  his  leading  woman  by  1'iehard  Mansfield  in  1N!»1.  and  she 
Continued  to  support  him  for  the  two  following  years.  The  next  year  she  was  with 
Marie  Burroughs  on  her  starring  tour.  There  followed  three  seasons  with  William 
H.  Crane,  two  with  Mary  Mannering  and  one  with  .Julia  Marlowe.  In  1905  Miss 
Lester  played  with  John  Drew's  company  in  "The  Duke  of  Killierankie."  In  i!><>6 
she  appeared  with  the  "Brown  of  Harvard''  company,  at  the  Princess  Theatre.  Xew 
York. 


EBY,  MISS  EDN.A,  actress  and  mimic,  was  horn  in  Xew  York  in  1884,  and 
was  taken  to  London  by  her  parents  when  a  baby.  She  was  educated  in 
England,  and  first  attracted  attention  by  mimicking  her  schoolfellows. 
When  she  was  ten  years  old  she  began  to  study  for  the  stage,  taking  lessons 

in  elocution  from  Genevieve  Ward,  the  famous  actress.     Returning  to  this  country. 

she  made  her  first  appearance,  when  she  was  sixteen  years  old,  at  the  Garden  Theatre, 

Xew  York,  as  Dorothy  Woodberry.  in  ''Hearts  Are  Trumps,"  produced  in  1900  by 

Charles  Frohman.  and  after  a  little 
while,  having  understudied  the  part, 
she  played  Dora,  the  principal  role. 
She  continued  under  the  management 
of  Charles  Frohman  the  following  three 
seasons,  and  made  her  first  conspicuous 
success  in  the  part  of  Estelle,  in  "The 
Two  Schools.''  at  the  Madison  Square 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  taking  the  place  of 
the  leading  woman. 

After  playing  in  ''To  Have  and  to 
Hold"  and  ''The  Xew  Clown,'''  Miss 
Luby  went  into  vaudeville,  appearing 
at  Tony  Pastor's  Theatre,  Xew  York. 
She  was  with  Fritzi  Scheff,  in  "Ba- 
bette,"  for  a  season  at  the  Broadway 
Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  she  then  went 
into  vaudeville  again,  giving  her  well 
known  imitations  and  appearing  at  all 
the  Keith  &  Proctor  and  Percy  Will- 
iams houses.  Miss  Luby  is  under  en- 
gagement to  appear  at  the  Palace  The- 
atre, London,  and  on  her  return  will 
star  in  a  musical  comedy  which  has  not 
yet  been  selected,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  a  well  known  firm.  Miss 

Luby's  Xew  York  address  is  Xo.  2610  Broadway. 


EFTUS,  MISS  TEriLIA  (MARIE  C1SS1E),  actress,  was  born  in  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  in  1876,  being  the  daughter  of  Marie  Loftus,  a  well  known 
English  vaudeville  singer  and  dancer.     Miss  Loftus  was  educated  in.  convent 
schools  in  England,  and  in  one  of  them  played  Ariel,  in  a  performance  of 
"The  Tempest."     She  showed  such  extraordinary  talent  for' mimicry  when  she  was 
only  fifteen  years  old  that  she  was  taken  from  school  and,  as  Cissie  Loftus.  put  at 

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the  head  of  the  bill  at  the  Oxford  Music  Hall,  London,  where  her  imitations  of  well 
known  actresses  caused  her  almost  immediately  to  become  -a  star.  After  a  brief 
season  in  musical  comedy,  at  the  Gaiety  Theatre,  Miss  Loftus  again  returned  to 
vaudeville.  In  1896  she  broke  her  professional  engagement  and  eloped  with  Justin 
Huntly  McCarthy,  the  novelist  and  son  of  a  leader  of  the  Irish  party  in  the  English 
House  of  Commons.  The  marriage  did  not  prove  a  success,  and  they  were  divorced 
in  the  United  States  some  years  later. 

In  1898  Miss  Loftus  appeared  in  ''The  Children  of  the  King."  with  Martin 
Harvey,  at  the  Court  Theatre,  London.  The  following  year  she  again  abandoned  the 
legitimate  stage  and  went  to  the  United  States,  giving  her  imitations  at  the  vaudo* 
ville  houses.  She  afterward  appeared  in  New  York  in  comedy  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Charles  Frohman,  with  such  success  that  she  was  engaged  by  the  late  Sir 
Henry  Irving  as  successor  to  Ellen  Terr}-,  and  with  him  she  played  Marguerite,  in 
"Faust,"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London,  in  1903.  The  following  season  she  was 
starred  by  Mr.  Frohman  in  this  country.  In  1905  she  played  Peter  Pan,  at  the 
Duke  of  York's  Theatre.  London. 


EONS,  MISS  GRETCHEN  (MRS.  LUCIUS  HENDERSON),  actress, 
was  born  in  India,  where  her  father,  the  late  Edmund  D.  Lyons,  a  well 
known  actor,  and  his  wife,  a  dancer  known  on  the  stage  as  Jeanette  Thomp- 
son, were  fulfilling  an  engagement.     As  a  baby  she  was  taken  to  England, 
and  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  there  when  only  six  months  old.     When 
three  years  old  she  acted  the  child  in  "Deacon  Brody,"  in  which  the  late  E.  J.  Henley 
starred  in  this  country.     She  appeared  in  the  drama  called  "Human  Nature,"  but 
known  in  this  country  as  "In  the  Soudan,"  on  its  first  production  at  Drury  Lane 
Theatre,  London,  and  she  also  played  the  title  role  in  "Jack  in  the  Box."     About 
1890  she  came  to  this  country  with  her  father,  and  has  since  played  in  the  companies 
of  Richard  Mansfield,  J.  K.  Hackett,  Kyrle  Bellew,  Otis  Skinner,  etc.     She  made 
one  of  her  greatest  successes  in  the  farce  "The  Mysterious  Mr.  Bugle"  on  its  pro- 
duction in  Chicago. 


MAC-DONALD,  MISS  CHRISTIE  (MRS.  W.  W.  JEFFERSON), 
light  opera  prima  donna  and  soubrette,  was  born  in  Boston,  and  when  in 
her  teens  played  several  small  parts  in  summer  companies  in  that  city. 
Her  first  professional  engagement  was  with  Pauline  Hall,  in  1892. 
Francis  Wilson  then  offered  her  a  place  in  his  company,  and  she  played  small  parts 
in  "The  Lion  Tamer"  and  "The  Merry  Monarch,"  also  being  understudy  to  Lulu 
Glaser.  In  the  season  of  1893  Miss  MacDonald  played  Marie  throughout  the  run 
of  "Erminie."  and  occasionally  Javotte.  The  season  of  1894-'9o  she  played  Bob, 
the  valet,  in  "'The  Devil's  Deputy,"  and  Mrs.  Griggs.  in  "The  Chieftain."  She 
played  Shafra,  in  "The  Sphinx,"  in  Boston  in  1896,  and  the  same  year  Lucinde,  in, 
"Half  a  King,"  with  Francis  Wilson's  company,  after  which  she  played  Woo-me,  in 
"The  Walking  Delegate,"  in  Boston.  The  seasons  of  1898  and  1899  Miss  Mac- 
Donald  was  seen  in  Sousa's  opera,  "The  Bride-Elect."  She  became  a  star  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1900,  at  the  Columbia  Theatre,  Boston,  playing  the  title  role  in  "The  Princess 
Chic,"  and  making  a  noteworthy  success.  Miss  MacDonald  played  this  part  two 
seasons,  and  has  since  been  a  recognized  prima  donna  of  light  opera.  The  season 
of  1905-'06  she  sang  in  "Mexicana."  She  is  the  wife  of  William  Winter  Jefferson, 
fourth  son  of  the  late  Joseph  Jefferson. 

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MACDOWEL'L,  MELBOURNE,  actor,  was  born  in  Little  Washington. 
X.  J.,  and  ran  away  to  sea  when  a  boy.  Tiring  of  a  sailor's  life,  lie 
obtained  a  job  as  ticket  seller  at  the  theatre  in  Montreal  of  which  his 
elder  brother,  the  late  E.  A.  MacDowell,  was  manager.  He  made  his 
first  appearance  there  as  Charles  the  Wrestler,  in  "As  You  Like  It,"  with  Adelaide 
Neilson,  as  Rosalind,  and  Eben  Plympton,  as  Orlando.  Being  an  athlete  and  not 
much  of  an  actor,  he  spoiled  the  scene  by  throwing  Plympton  instead  of  taking  a 
fall  himself. 

In  1877  Mr.  MacDowell  made  his  first  real  effort  as  an  actor  in  the  part  of  the 
Sheriff's  officer,  in  "The  Road  to  Ruin/'  at  the  Boston  Museum.  At  that  time  he 
used  the  stage  name  of  William  Melbourne.  Returning  to  Montreal.  Mr.  Mac- 
Dowell played  leading  heavy  parts  for  two  seasons,  opening  as  the  Duke  de  Gon- 
zague,  in  "The  Duke's  Motto."  Then  followed  three  years  with  a  stock  company  in 
Minneapolis  and  a  season  in  "The  Black  Diamond  Engineer,"  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Charles  Forbes.  Mr.  MacDowell  then  played  Aaron  Rodney,  in  a  "Hazel 
Kirke"  company  and  Valentine  Hay,  in  "Kerry  Gow,"  with  Joseph  Murphy. 

The  season  of  1884-'8o  Mr.  MacDowell  played  Jean  de  Lerieux,  and  then  was 
engaged  to  create  the  part  of  Scarpia,  in  "La  Tosca,"  in  its  first  production  in  this 
country,  by  Fanny  Davenport,  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  New  York,  March  3,  1888. 
The  following  year  he  married  Miss  Davenport,  and  for  ten  years,  until  her  death, 
in  1898,  he  played  leading  parts  with  her,  being  most  successful  as  Loris.  in 
"Fedora."  and  Marc  Antony,  in  "Cleopatra."  He  then  became  a  joint  star  with 
Blanche  Walsh. 

Mr.  MacDowell  has  starred  with  his  own  company  of  late  years,  and  the  spring 
season  of  1906  he  was  at  the  head  of  a  stock  company  in  Albany.  X.  Y. 


MACK,  ANDREW,  comedian  and  singer,  was  born  in  Boston,  July  25, 
1863,  and  educated  at  the  Eliot  street  public  school.     When  he  was 
thirteen  years  old  he  went  on  the  vaudeville  stage,  assuming  the  name  of 
Williams,  and,  in  partnership  with  Martin  Hennessy,  formed  the  team  of 
"Williams  and  Hennessy,  the  Connecticut  Cuckoos."   Mr.  Mack  made  his  first  ap- 
pearance on  the  regular  stage  in  musical  farce  under  the  management  of  Monroe  & 
Rice.     He  made  his  first  real  success  in  a  singing  part  in  "Ivy  Leaf"  with  William  H. 
Powers.     His  first  appearance  as  a  star  was  in  "Myles  Aroon,"  under  the  manage- 
ment of  W.  T.  Russ  &  Co.,  in  1895.     Since  that  he  has  starred  at  the  head  of  his 
own  companies  in  Irish  musical  dramas.    The  season  of  1896  he  was  seen  in  "Arrah 
na  Pogue." 


M'LELLAN,  C.  M.  S.,  playwright,  who  first  wrote  under  the  name  of 
Hugh  Morton,  was  born  in  1865  in  Maine.    He  is  a  brother  of  George 
McLellan,  theatrical  manager.     He  first  Avas  a  journalist,  at  one  time 
being  editor  r.f  "Town  Topics."    He  wrote  the  librettos  of  "The  Belle 
of  New  York,"  "The  Whirl  of  the  Town,"  "In  Gay  New  York,"  "An  American 
Beauty,"  "The  Telephone  Girl,"  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy,"  "The  Wire  Walker"  and 
other  musical  pieces.    He  came  into  notice  as  a  writer  of  serious  drama  with  "Leah 
Kleschna,"  produced  in  New  York  by  Mrs.  Fiske  the  season  of  1905-'06.   He  is  also 
the  author  of  "On  the  Love  Path,"  played  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre,  London,  in 
the  same  year,  and  "The  Jury  of  Fate,"  produced  at  the  Shaftesbury  Theatre,  Lon- 
don, in  1906. 

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RICHARD     MANSFIELD. 

(Photograph  by  Histed.) 


MANSFIELD,  RICHAKI),  actor,  was  born  in  Heligoland,  tin  island  in 
the  Xortli  Sea,  May  24,  1857.  His  mother  was  Madame  Kniiinia  Ruders- 
dorf,  a  well  known  prima  donna.  He  was  educated,  at  Lerbv  School, 
England.  There,  one  "speech  day."  tlie  hoys  gave  a  recital  of  "The 
Merchant  of  Venice/'  young  Mansfield  being  cast  for  the  part  of  Shyloek.  That 
was  Mansfield's  first  appearance  in  any  part.  He  afterward  studied  painting  at 
South  Kensington,  but  need  of  money  led  Mansfield  to  sail  for  America  when  lie 
was  in  his  early  teens.  He  made  his  home  in  Boston,  where  his  mother  had  estab- 
lished herself  as  a  teacher  of  singing,  and  became  private  secretary  to  Kben  I). 
Jordan. 

Not  liking  commercial  life,  Mansfield  returned  to  England  when  he  was  twenty. 
There  followed  a  period  of  poverty.  He  painted  well,  but  no  better  than  thousands 
of  others.  He  had,  however,  many  accomplishments,  being  a  good  musician  and 
singer  and  a  brilliant  linguist,  and  these  saved  him  from  starvation.  He  made 
numerous  friends,  and  they  fostered  his  talent,  so  that  he  drifted  into  the  ranks  of 
drawing  room  and  after-dinner  entertainers. 

His  work  in  this  field  attracted  the  attention  of  AY.  S.  Gilbert.  ''The  Sorcerer." 
the  first  of  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  operas,  had  just  been  produced,  in  .January, 
1878,  George  Grossmith  creating  the  part  of  John  AVellington  AYells.  AAThen  Gilbert 
and  IVOyley  Carte,  the  manager,  needed  some  one  to  fill  the  same  part  in  the  country 
company  they  decided  on  Mansfield,  and  he  was  engaged  at  a  salary  of  $15  a  week. 
Mansfield  played  the  leading  comedy  parts  in  "Pinafore"  and  "The  Pirates  of  Pen- 
zance"  with  English  provincial  touring  companies  for  the  next  two  or  three  years ; 
then  he  again  shook  the  soil  of  old  England  from  his  feet. 

He  made  his  first  appearance  in  America  as  an  actor  at  the  Standard  Theatre 
(now  known  as  the  Manhattan)  as  Dromez,  in  "Les  Manteaux  Xoirs,"  a  comic  opera 
from  the  French.  He  also  played  Nick  Yedder,  in  the  opera  "Kip  A'an  AYinkle," 
by  Planquette,  and  again  drifted  into  Gilbert  and  Sullivan  opera,  playing  the  part 
of  the  Chancellor,  in  "lolanthe."  It  was  during  this  engagement  that  Mr.  Mans- 
field sprained  his  ankle  in  Baltimore  while  dancing  and  was  compelled  to  leave  the 
cast.  From  that  time  dates  his  career  on  the  legitimate  stage. 

The  late  A.  M.  Palmer  was  about  to  produce  "A  Parisian  Eomance"  at  the 
Union  Square  Theatre  to  open  the  season  of  1883,  and  Mr.  Mansfield  was  engaged 
for  the  small  part  of  Tirandel.  James  H.  Stoddart  was  cast  for  the  part  of  Baron 
Chevrial.  After  rehearsing  for  some  time,  Mr.  Stoddart  decided  that  the  part  did 
not  suit  him.  In  a  dilemma  Mr.  Palmer  intrusted  the  important  role  to  the  younsr 
English  actor.  The  astounding  success  made  by  Mr.  Mansfield  is  history.  For  the 
next  few  years  Mr.  Mansfield  did  not  enjoy  continuous  success,  but  he  gradually 
forged  his  way  to  the  front.  In  San  Francisco  he  achieved  success  in  "French 
Flats."  In  New  York  he  played  in  "Alpine  Roses,"  at  the  Madison  Square;  "La 
Vie  Parisienne,"  at  the  Bijou,  and  "Gasperone,"  at  the  Standard  Theatre.  For  a 
season  he  supported  Minnie  Maddern  Fiske,  in  Sardou's  "Andrea."  Then  he 
drifted  back  to  comic  opera  for  a  while,  playing  Koko.  in  "The  Mikado,"  in  Boston. 

In  May,  1886,  Mr.  Mansfield  produced  "Prince  Karl,"  by  A.  C.  Gunter,  at  the 
Boston  Museum.  He  brought  the  production  to  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New 
York,  for  a  fortnight's  engagement.  The  public  received  the  play  with  such  favor 
that  he  leased  a  theatre,  engaged  his  own  company  and  played  "Prince  Karl"  and 
"A  Parisian  Romance"  for  a  long  season. 

The  next  notable  production  of  Mr-.  Mansfield  was  a  dramatization  of  Robert 
Louis  Stevenson's  "Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,"  at  the  Boston  Museum,  and  after- 
ward presented  by  Mr.  Mansfield  with  enormous  success  in  London.  This  was  only 
a  few  years  after  lie  had  left  that  city  a  comparatively  unknown  comic  opera  come- 

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dian.  Some  years  later  Mr.  Mansfield  was  invited  by  the  late  Sir  Henry  Irving  to 
play  a  season  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre  in  London,  and  there  he  produced  "King 
Richard  III/"  his  first  Shakespearian  production. 

Mr.  Mansfield  produced  "Beau  Brummel"  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New- 
York,  in  1890.  Since  then  he  has  maintained  a  place  at  the  head  of  the  American 
stage  by  a  series  of  successes,  prominent  among  which  have  been  Shylock,  Cyrano 
de  Bergerac,  Don  Juan,  Nero,  r<Arms  and  the  Man,"  Don  Carlos,  "The  Scarlet 
Letter,"  "The  Misanthrope,"  "Ivan  the  Terrible,"  "Ten  Thousand  a  Year," 
"Monsieur,"  "Henry  V,"  "Julius  Caesar,"  "Beaucaire,"  "Old  Heidelberg,"  "Devil's 
Disciple,"  etc. 

Mr.  Mansfield's  town  home  is  at  No.  316  Eiverside  Drive,  New  York.  There, 
surrounded  by  costly  works  of  art,  he  lives  with  his  wife,  who  was  Miss  Hegeman, 
her  stage  name  being  Beatrice  Cameron.  She  acted  with  him  in  many  of  his 
earlier  successes.  They  have  one  son,  Gibbs  Mansfield. 

MANN,  LOUIS,  comedian,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1865.    When  eighteen 
years  old  he  began  his  stage  career  by  barnstorming  through  New  Eng- 
land.    In  various  small  towns  he  played  such  parts  as  Hamlet  and  Ar- 
mand,  in  "Camille."    Later,  in  stock  companies,  he  supported  such  stars 
as  Salvini,  Lewis  Morrison  and  J.  K.  Emmett,  playing  legitimate  parts.    His  first 
pronounced  success  was  as  Mr.  Utterson,  in  "Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,"  with  Daniel 
Bandmann,   in    1888.     He  played   the   leading  part   in   "Incog,"    Clara   Lipman, 
who  became  his  wife,  being  in  the  company.    Other  subsequent  successes  were  in 
"The  Strange  Adventures  of  Miss  Brown,"  "The  Girl  from  Paris"  and  "The  Tele- 
phone Girl,"  in  which  his  Hans  Nix  attracted  much  attention.    Mr.  Mann's  specialty 
is  German  dialect,  but  he  played  a  Frenchman  in  "The  Girl  in  the  Barracks,"  pro- 
duced in  Baltimore  on  October  9,  1899.     The  following  season  Mr.  Mann  played 
Franz  Hochstuhl,  in  "All  On  Account  of  Eliza,"  first  produced  in  Bridgeport,  Conn., 
August  23,  1900.    For  the  last  six  years  Mr.  Mann  has  starred  jointly  with  his  wife, 
except  for  a  season  with  the  Joe  Weber  company.    The  season  of  1905-'06  Mr.  Mann 
u-ud  Miss  Lipman  played  "Julie  Bon  Bon,"  a  musical  comedy  written  by  the  latter. 
Mr.  Mann's  New  York  address  is  No.  310  West  101st  street. 


MAPES,  VICTOR,  playwright  and  manager,  was  born  in  New  York  in 
1870,  being  the  son  of  Charles  Y.  Mapes,  a  well  known  scientist,  and  the 
grandson  of  General  James  Jonas  Mapes,  who  was  in  command  of  the 
United  States  forces  in  New  York  State  during  the  War  of  1812.     Victor 
Mapes  was  graduated  from  Columbia  University  in  1891  and  became  successively 
a  reporter  on  "The  New  York  Sun,"  a  student  at  Sorbonne  University,  at  Paris; 
stage  manager  of  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  New  York;  dramatic  critic  of  "The  New 
York  World,"  stage  director  and  play  producer  at  Daly's  and  the  Garrick  theatres, 
New  York,  and  the  author  of  many  plays,  one  of  which,  "La  Comtesse  de  Lisne," 
written  in  French,  was  produced  at  the  Theatre  Mondain,  Paris.     In  1899  Mr. 
Mapes's  one  act  play  "A  Flower  of  Yeddo"  was  produced  and  the  following  year 
his  "The  Tory's  Guest"  was  seen.    In  1901  James  K.  Hackett  produced  Mr.  Mapes's 
play  "Don  Caesar's  Return/"  and  in  1904  Charles  Richman  played  his  "Captain 
Barrington." 

Mr.  Mapes  is  the  director  of  the  New  Theatre,  in  Chicago.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  University  Club,  The  Players,  The  Lambs  and  the  Columbia  club  in  New 
York. 

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M'GILVRAY,     MISS    LAURA     (MRS.     FRANK     G1LLMORE), 
actress,  was  born  in  Chicago,  her  birth  name  being  Mac  Gillivray.    Her 
first  desire  was  to  become  a  reader,  and  she  achieved  success  in  that  line, 
particularly  in  Toronto,  Ottawa  and  the  neighboring  cities.    Her  stage 
debut  was  made  as  Wilbur's  Ann,  in  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me."     Then  followed 
a  long  tour  as  Lady  Windermere,  in  "Lad}  Windermere's  Fan."   In  E.  M.  Holland's 
production  of  "A  Social  Highwayman"  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  Xew  York.  Miss 
McGilvray  played  the  part  of  the  French  maid. 

After  her  marriage  in  1896  to  Frank  Gillmore  she  and  her  husband  went  to 
London.  While  there  she  was  a  member  of  John  Hare's  company  for  three  years, 
being  in  the  original  cast  of  "The  Gay  Lord  Quex."  Her  recent  appearances  in  this 
country  have  been  with  Mrs.  Fiske.  One  season  she  played  Amelia,  in  "Becky 
Sharpe,"  and  little  Abraham,  in  "Teas."  In  the  run  of  Ibsen's  "Hedda  Gabler,"  at 
the  Manhattan  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  1904,  Miss  McGilvray  played  Mrs.  Elvsted. 


MARS,  LEO,  pantomimist  and  singer,  is  the  son  of  a  Parisian  stock  broker. 
He  engaged  in  that  business  himself  for  a  time,  but  decided  to  go  on 
the  stage,  and  began    his    career    in    pantomime    at    the   Drury  Lane 
Theatre,  London,  in  189G.    During  engagements  at  the  Matinee,  Empire 
and  Palace  theatres,  in  London,  he  was  heard  by  King  Edward  VII..  who  was  so 
pleased  with  the  singer's  French  chansons  that  he  engaged  him  to  entertain  the 
royal  family  on  several  occasions.     After  several  seasons  of  drawing  room  enter- 
taining, he  was  engaged  in  1901  by  George  Edwardes  for  his  production  of  "Three 
Little  Maids"  at  the  Prince  of  Wales  Theatre.     His  work  in  "Lady  Madcap"  at- 
tracting the  attention  of  Charles  B.  Dillingham  on  one  of  his  London  trips,  he  en- 
gaged Mr.  Mars,  under  a  three  years'  contract,  to  appear  in  the  United  States.    His 
first  appearance  in  the  U/nited  States  was  with  Fritzi  Scheff,  in  Mr.  Dillingham's 
"Mile.  Modiste"  company. 


MAY,  MISS  EDNA  (MRS.  FREDERICK  TITUS),  actress  and  light 
opera  prima  donna,  was  born  in  Syracuse,  X.  Y.,  in  1875.     Her  maiden 
name  was  Edna  May  Petty,  being  the  daughter  of  E.  C.  Petty,  a  letter 
carrier.     When  she  was  only  seven  years  old  she  appeared  in  a  children's 
"Pinafore"  company  in  her  native  city.     When  she  was  sixteen  she  went  to  Xew 
York  to  study  for  the  stage,  and  there  was  married  to  Frederick  Titus,  a  professional 
bicycle  rider.     This  marriage  was  dissolved  in  1904.     Miss  May  made  her  first  ap- 
pearance in  New  York  as  Clairette,  a  small  part  in  the  operetta  "Santa  Maria,"  at 
Hammerstein's  vaudeville  theatre.     She  then  went  with  a  company  playing  Hoyt's 
farce  "A  Contented  Woman." 

Joining  the  chorus  at  the  Casino  Theatre,  Xew  York,  Miss  May  was  almost 
immediately  selected  by  George  W.  Lederer  to  assume  the  part  of  Violet  Gray  in  his 
production  of  "The  Belle  of  Xew  York,"  in  which  she  made  a  remarkable  success 
and  practically  became  a  star  in  a  night.  After  a  long  run  in  Xew  York  the  com- 
pany went  to  the  Shaftesbury  Theatre,  London,  where  the  piece  ran  500  nights,  and 
where  Miss  May  made  an  even  greater  success  than  in  this  country.  Since  then 
Miss  May  has  played  successive  seasons  in  London  and  Xew  York,  appearing  in 
"The  Casino  Girl,"  "An  American  Beauty,"  "Three  Little  Maids,"  "The  School 
Girl,"  "The  Catch  of  the  Season"  and  similar  musical  comedies,  being  featured  as 
a  star. 

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ROBERT     MANTELL. 

< Photograph  by  Baker.   Columbus.   Ohio.) 


MAXTELL,  KOBEUT  BKUCE,  actor,  was  horn  in  Irvine-,  Ayrshire, 
Scotland.  February  7,  1854,  When  he  was  about  five  year-;  old  his  family 
moved  to  Belfast,  Ireland,  where  he  was  educated  and  where  lie  developed 
a  taste  for  amateur  theatricals,  playing  1'olonius.  in  "Hamlet."  when  he 
was  sixteen  years  old.  He  was  apprenticed  to  a  wine  merchant,  his  parents  objecting 
to  his  ambition  for  a  stage  career,  but  when  he  was  twenty  years  old  he  ran  away 
from  home  and.  going  to  the  United  States,  endeavored  to  obtain  an  engagement 
in  the  Boston  Museum  Company.  Failing,  he  returned  to  England  after  staying 
only  two  weeks  in  this  country,  and  made  his  first  professional  appearance  as  the 
Sergeant,  in  "Arrah-na-Pogue/'  at  Kochdale,  Lancashire,  in  October,  is^ij.  His 
stage  name  was  then  R.  Hudson.  He  next  played  Father  Dolan,  in  "The  Shaugh- 
raun."  George  Clarke,  afterward  so  long  identified  with  Augustin  Daly,  was  the 
star  in  these  plays.  As  a  member  of  a  stock  company  Mr.  Mantell  supported 
Charles  Calvert,  Barry  Sullivan,  Charles  Dillon  and  Samuel  Phelps.  who  took  him 
to  Sadler's  Wells  Theatre,  London,  where  Mr.  Mantell  obtained  a  solid  grounding 
in  Shakespeare  and  the  classics.  He  was  with  Phelps  in  his  famous  revival  of 
Macklin's  "The  Man  of  the  World." 

Mr.  Mantell  next  went  on  tour  with  Marie  De  Grey,  playing  Romeo,  Benedick, 
Orlando,  Orsino  and  Malvolio,  in  "Twelfth  Xight,"  and  Bassanio.  He  played  Shy- 
lock  at  a  special  performance  to  the  Portia  of  Miss  De  Grey.  In  November.  1878. 
Mr.  Mantell  made  his  first  appearance  in  America,  in  Albany,  X.  Y.,  playing  second 
parts  with  Madame  Modjeska.  After  a  season  he  returned  to  Europe  in  support 
of  the  American  comedian,  George  S.  Knight,  in  bis  production  there  of  "Otto," 
in  which  he  played  Dick  Freely.  Then  he  went  on  tour  with  Miss  Wallis  in  ,1 
round  of  Shakespearian  roles,  including  Antony,  in  "Antony  and  Cleopatra."  In 
1883  Mr.  Mantell  made  his  first  appearance  in  Xew  York  at  the  Grand  Opera  House 
as  Sir  Clement  Huntingford.  in  "The  World."  The  same  season  he  made  his  first 
pronounced  success  in  the  United  States  as  Jack  Hearn,  originally  played  by 
Wilson  Barrett  in  London,  in  "The  Romany  Rye." 

In  the  fall  of  1883  Mr.  Mantell  joined  Fanny  Davenport  for  the  first  pro- 
duction in  America  of  "Fedora,"  by  Sardou.  Mr.  MantelFs  acting  as  Loris  Ipanoff 
was  one  of  those  theatrical  happenings  that  reverberate  for  years.  To  talk  of 
Manti-11  in  "Fedora"  to  those  with  a  theatrical  memory  twenty  years  long  is  to 
conjure  a  torrent  of  enthusiastic  recollection.  Sardou  had  written  the  play  for 
Sarah  Bernhardt.  and  Miss  Davenport  was  regarded  as  the  actress  best  fitted  for 
the  leading  role.  Mantell's  splendid  virility,  his  sincerity  and  restraint,  his  sense 
of  situation  and  his  superb  physical  equipment  combined  to  make  his  performance 
the  most  effective  of  the  whole  cast. 

Leaving  Miss  Davenport,  Mr.  Mantell  created  the  part  of  Gilbert  Yaughan.  in 
"Called  There  and  Back,"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre.  Xew  York,  in  1884.  and 
appeared  in  "Dakolar"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre.  In  1886  he  became  a  star  for  the 
first  time,  acting  in  a  play  by  John  W.  Keller,  called  "Tangled  Lives."  A  year 
later  he  produced  "Monbars,"  gaining  plaudits  hardly  second  to  those  of  "Fedora." 
In  1888  he  revived  "The  Corsican  Brothers."  and  produced  in  succession  "The 
Face  in  the  Moonlight,"  in  which  he  acted  a  so-called  "dual  role" :  "The  Louisi- 
anian,"  by  E.  M.  Alfriend ;  "A  Lesson  in  Acting,"  a  one  act  play,  by  John  Ernest 
McCann ;  "Parrhasius,"  a  tragedy  of  Grecian  locale,  and  "A  Cavalier  of  France," 
both  by  Espy  Williams,  of  Xew  Orleans;  "A  Gentleman  from  Gascony,"  "The 
Light  of  Other  Days"  and  "The  Dagger  and  the  Cross."  He  also  revived  "The 
Marble  Heart"  and  "The  Lady  of  Lyons." 

He  took  up  Shakespeare  incidentally,  acting  both  Othello  and  Hamlet  in  1893. 
It  was  about  this  time  that  his  attitude  toward  a  decision  of  one  of  the  Xew  York 

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State  courts  arising  from  a  suit  for  divorce  brought  by  his  wife,,  Margaret  A. 
Mantell,  resulted  in  his  being  declared  in  contempt,  so  the  metropolis  was 
closed  to  him  until  he  should  be  purged — a  process  that  he  did  not  embrace  until 
1904:.  On  "the  road"  he  turned  to  Shakespeare  with  so  much  success  that  early 
in  1904  he  went  to  New  York  and  appeared  in  the  Princess  Theatre  as  Eichard  III. 
His  scenery  and  costumes  were  shabby  and  inadequate  and  his  support  called  up  the 
vision  of  Bardolph,  Nym  and  Pistol,  but  he  won  unstinted  praise.  In  the  course  of 
this  engagement  Mr.  Mantell  and  William  A.  Brady  joined  forces.  Mr.  Brady  took 
his  new  star  to  New  York  in  October,  1905,  for  what  was  to  have  been  a  month's 
visit.  Nine  weeks  passed  before  Mr.  Mantell  left  the  Garden  Theatre,  where  he 
played  revivals  of  "King  Lear"  and  "Macbeth."  He  acted  a  repertoire  of  six  plays 
in  Chicago,  Philadelphia.  Baltimore.  Washington,  Montreal  and  Toronto  with 
remarkable  success.  "Julius  Caesar"  and  "The  Merchant  of  Venice"  have  been 
added  to  his  repertoire,  as  has  the  role  of  lago. 

Mr.  Mantell's  leading  woman.  Marie  Booth  Russell,  is  Mrs.  Mantell. 


MANNERING,    MISS    MARY    (MRS.    JAMES    K.    HACKETT), 
actress,  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  187G.     She  made  her  first 
appearance  on  the  stage  in  England  under  the  name  of  Florence  Friend, 
speaking  only  three  lines  in  the  play  "Hero  and  Leander,"  in  which  Mrs. 
James  Brown  Potter  and  Kyrle  Bellew  were  joint  stars.     She  then  became  a  pupil 
of  Herman  Vezin,  the  well  known  American  actor,  playing  a  number  of  Shake- 
spearian parts  throughout  the  British  provinces  Avhen  she  was  only  eighteen  years 
old.     She  was  playing  in  a  comedy  called  "The  Late  Mr.  Costello"  when  Daniel 
Frohman  saw  her  and  engaged  her  for  his  New  York  Lyceum  Theatre,  where  she 
made  her  first  appearance  in  "The  Courtship  of  Leonie,"  the  season  of  1896-'97. 
The  following  May  she  became  the  wife  of  James  K.  Hackett,  then  the  leading  man 
of  the  compan}'.     The  marriage  was  kept  a  secret  until  January.  1898. 

Miss  Mannering  made  personal  successes  at  the  Lyceum  in  "The  First  Gentle- 
man of  Europe"  and  "The  Mayflower,"  but  her  biggest  hits  there  were  as  Fay 
Zuliani,  in  "The  Princess  and  the  Butterfly,"  and  as  Rose  Trelawney,  in  "Trelawney 
of  the  Wells."  For  some  seasons  she  was  a  joint  star  with  her  husband:  then  she 
starred  at  the  head  of  her  own  company,  under  his  management.  The  season  of 
1906-'0?  she  was  seen  in  "Lady  Betty,"  by  Mrs.  Rider  Johnson  Young. 
Miss  Mannering's  home  is  No.  38  East  33d  street,  New  York. 

MARTIXOT,  MISS  SADIE,  actress,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1862, 
being  christened  Sarah.     Her  father  was  William  Alexander  Martinot. 
At  the  age  of  fourteen,  while  she  was  a  pupil  in  a  convent  school,  she 
decided  that  she  wished  to  follow  a  stage  career,  and  obtained  an  engage- 
ment at  the  old  Eagle  Theatre,  New  York,  Josh  Hart,  the  manager,  giving  her  $5 
a  week  as  an  "'extra  lady."     Thus  she  made  her  debut  in  September,  1876.     A  week 
afterward  the  star,  Maude  Branscombe,  falling  ill.  Miss  Martinot  took  her  part.     At 
this  theatre  she  played  nine  weeks  of  comic  opera  with  Aimee,  the  French  primu 
donna.     Her  next  role  was  that  of  Cupid,  with  Ada  Richmond,  in  the  burlesque 
"Chow  Chow."  in  which  she  gave  imitations  of  Aimee.     After  playing  several  parts 
in  Boston  theatres,  Miss  Martinot  became  a  member  of  the  Boston  Museum  Stock 
Company,  starting  as  "walking  lady."     With   this  company  she   played  roles  in 
modern  comedy,  old  comedy,  farce,  melodrama,  Shakespeare,  burlesque  and  comic 
opera,   and    supported  such   stars   as   Dion  Boucicault.    I  awrence  Barrett,   Fanny 

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Davenport,  Charles  Coghlan,  Frank  Mayo  and  Sol  Smith  Russell.  Before  she  left 
the  company,  after  four  seasons,  she  was  its  leading  woman. 

Her  next  engagement  was  at  the  Comedy  Theatre,  London,  where  she  created 
the  role  of  Katrina  in  the  original  production  of  Planquette's  "Rip  Van  Winkle." 
She  returned  to  Xew  York  to  open  the  old  Star  Theatre,  then  the  Germania,  with 
the  late  Fred  Leslie,  in  "Vice  Versa."  They  followed  this  by  playing  Dion  Bouci- 
cault's  repertoire  on  tour.  John  Stetson  then  engaged  Miss  Martinet  for  his  "Con- 
fusion" company,  for  which  "Distinguished  Foreigners''  was  a  curtain  raiser.  Miss 
Martinot  imitated  Ellen  Terry  in  this.  Her  next  role  was  the  leading  one  in 
"Zelna,"  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre,  Xew  York.  She  followed  this  with  comic 
opera,  Rudolph  Aronson  engaging  her  as  prima  donna  for  the  Casino,  Xew  York. 
She  sang  "Xanon"  for  over  100  nights.  Then,  her  health  giving  way,  she  retired  for 
three  years,  spending  the  time  abroad.  On  her  return  to  the  stage  she  starred  at 
Amberg's  German  Theatre.  Xew  York,  in  "The  Mascot."  in  German.  Succeeding 
roles  were  Dora,  in  Rose  Coghlan's  "Diplomacy"  company:  Rosa  Leigh,  in  "Rose- 
dale,"  and  Suzette,  in  "The  Voyage  of  Suzette." 

Of  late  years  she  has  not  been  seen  on  the  stage  save  at  infrequent  intervals. 


MARLOWE,  MISS  JULIA,  actress,  was  born  Sarah  Frances  Frost,  at 
Caldbeck,  England,  in  November,  1865.     In  1875  the  family  came  to 
this  country,  taking  up  their  abode  in  Cincinnati.     Sarah  Frost  was  still 
a  girl  in  short  dresses  when  she  first  gave  evidence  of  the  histrionic- 
attainments  which  later,  allied  with  indomitable  pluck  and  perseverance,  were  to 
win  her  fame  and  fortune.     She  was  still  attending  the  public  schools  of  Cincinnati 
when  she  essayed  her  first  stage  appearance,  in  an  amateur  juvenile  performance. 
and  she  was  only  twelve  years  old  when  she  appeared  with  a  "Pinafore"  company, 
which  made  a  tour  of  the  West  and  South.     For  several  years  she  continued  playing 
such  characters  as  Josephine,  in  "Pinafore";  Suzanne,  in  "The  Chimes  of  Xor- 
mandy,"  and  a  page,   in  "The  Little  Duke."     She  also  played  juvenile  parts  in 
"Rip  Van  Winkle." 

When  she  was  sixteen  years  old  her  talent  attracted  the  attention  of  Ada  Dow, 
who  had  achieved  prominence  on  the  English  stage.  The  woman  saw  in  the  girl 
raw  material  which  gave  promise  of  a  brilliant  future,  and  she  undertook  to  develop 
it.  At  this  time  her  stage  name  was  Fannie  Brough. 

The  belief  of  Ada  Dow  that  a  larger  and  more  important  field  awaited  her  pupil 
found  an  echo  in  the  latter's  heart  and  served  to  fire  the  ambitions  it  had  long 
contained.  "I'm  going  to  climb,"  little  Fannie  Brough  once  said  to  her  father, 
and,  when  she  was  seventeen,  the  climbing  began.  She  and  Ada  Dow  lived  at  the 
latter's  home  in  Bayonne,  X.  J.,  and  there  the  elder  woman  gave  the  younger  all 
the  benefit  of  her  training  and  experience.  The  younger  entered  into  the  work 
with  all  the  ardor  of  one  whose  ambitions  knew  no  bounds. 

For  three  years  she  read  Shakespeare  from  8  a.  in.  until  noon,  and  impersonated 
characters  in  the  great  poet's  plays  in  the  afternoon,  finding  time  as  well  to  practise 
with  foils  and  swing  Indian  clubs  and  dumbbells.  During  this  time  she  became 
acquainted  with  Colonel  Bob  Ingersoll. 

She  made  her  real  theatrical  debut  in  the  East,  and  her  first  in  any  important 
role,  when  she  appeared  as  Parthenia,  in  a  performance  of  "Ingomar,"  at  Xew 
London,  Conn.,  in  1887,  under  the  management  of  Colonel  R.  E.  J.  Miles.  In 
October  of  the  same  year  she  made  her  first  Xew  York  appearance  in  a  trial 
matinee  at  the  Bijou  Theatre,  where  she  again  impersonated  Parthenia.  She  was 
then  engaged  to  play  Shakespearian  roles  at  the  Star  Theatre.  There  for  the  first 

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time  she  appeared  as  Juliet.  The  following  year  Ariel  Barney  became  her 
manager,  and  she  made  a  tour  of  the  country  with  Shakespearian  plays. 

On  May  28,  1894,  she  was  married,  in  Philadelphia,  to  Robert  Taber,  who  had 
been  her  leading  man  at  her  first  appearance  in  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  in  1888. 
They  appeared  as  joint  stars  for  a  season  in  Shakespearian  plays.  Disagreement 
finally  ended  in  a  separation.  In  1900  she  obtained  a  divorce,  and  on  March  7, 
1904,  Taber  died  in  the  Adirondacks  from  pleurisy. 

Later  plays  which  have  served  to  add  to  the  lustre  of  Julia  Marlowe  have  been 
"Colinette."  ''Bonnie  Prince  Charlie,"  "When  Knighthood  Was  in  Flower/'  "Bar- 
bara Frietchie"  and  "The  Cavalier."  Parthenia,  in  "Ingomar" ;  Rosalind,  in  "As 
You  Like  It";  Juliet,  and  Viola,  in  "Twelth  Night/'  are  the  roles  in  which  she 
has  attained  the  greatest  success. 

In  the  season  of  1905-'OG  she  and  E.  H.  Sothern  were  joint  stars  in  Shake- 
spearian roles. 


MASON,  JOHN,  actor,  was  born  in  Orange,  X.  J.,  in  1857.     He  entered 
Columbia  College  in  1876.  but  was  never  graduated,  preferring  to  adopt  a 
stage  career.     Louise  Leighton,  with  whom  he  had  appeared  in  amateur 
theatricals,  was  about  to  make  her  professional  appearance  at  Bauvard's 
(now  Daly's)  Broadway  Theatre,  and  Mason  was  engaged  to  play  five  small  parts 
for  $8  a  week.     When  treasury  day  came  Mason  got  only  a  "V"  and  his  mother 
found  no  difficulty  in  persuading  him  to  go  to  Italy  to  have  his  voice  cultivated. 
After  a  year  abroad  he  returned,  in  1878,  and  joined  the  Maggie  Mitchell  com- 
pany at  the  Standard  Theatre,  Xew  York,  for  small  singing  parts.     He  then  went 
to  the  Walnut  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  to  do  similar  work  in  a  stock  company. 
In  1879  Mr.  Mason  went  to  the  Boston  Museum,  making  his  first  appearance 
there  as  Careless,  in  "The  School  for  Scandal,"  and  remained  with  the  company 
four  years.    After  a  season  with  Robert  Mantell  and  with  Nat  Goodwin,  Mr.  Mason 
went  back  to  the  Boston  Museum  as  a  stock  star,  with  Annie  Clarke,  in  a  revival  of 
the  old  comedies.     In  1890,  after  playing  the  hero  in  "The  English  Rose,"  Mr.  Mason 
went  to  England,  where,  with  George  Alexander,  he  played  Simeon  Strong,  in  "The 
Idler,"  with  great  success. 

Returning  to  America  Mr.  Mason  starred  in  "If  I  Were  You,"  and  then  pro- 
duced "Friend  Fritz,"  adapted  for  the  stage  by  Stanislaus  Stange,  with  music  by 
Julian  Edwards,  at  Herrmann's  Theatre,  New  York,  which  piece  he  played  for 
several  seasons.  Mr.  Mason  also  created  the  part  of  the  hero  in  Brady's  production 
of  "The  Cotton  King,"  and  played  for  many  seasons  in  vaudeville  sketches. 


MATTHISON,  MISS  EDITH  WYNNE  (MRS.  CHARLES  RANN 
KENNEDY),  actress,  was  born  in  Birmingham,  England,  being  the 
daughter  of  Kate  Matthison,  a  concert  singer.     She  was  educated  at 
King    Edward's    Grammar    School,     Birmingham,    and    acted    as    an 
amateur  in  Shakespearian  and  other  roles  in  Birmingham  when  she  was  ten  years 
old.     She  adopted  the  stage  as  a  profession  and  made  her  first  appearance  in  1896 
with  Minnie  Palmer  in  the  chorus  of  "The  School  Girl."     A  year  later  she  was 
engaged  to  play  Mercy  Merrick,  in  "The  New  Magdalen." 

She  joined  Ben  Greet  in  1897,  playing  Miladi,  in  "The  Three  Musketeers." 
Since  then  she  has  appeared  in  twenty-three  Shakespearian  parts,  including  Juliet, 
Rosalind,  Ophelia.  Portia,  Beatrice,  Viola.  Queen  Katherine  and  Oberon.  She  has 
also  played  in  old  English  comedy  such  parts  as  Lady  Teazle.  Kate  Hardcastle  and 

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Peg  Woffington.  She  made  a  marked  success  by  her  performance  in  "Everyman," 
at  the  Court  Theatre,  London.,  which  was  followed  by  a  long  season  in  New  York 
and  an  American  tour  in  the  same  play.  In  1906  she  created  the  chief  role  in  an 
adaptation  from  Euripides  in  London  called  "The  Klectra." 


MILLEK,  HENRY,  actor,  was  born  in  London,  England,  in  1859.  but 
was  reared  and  educated  in  Toronto,  Canada,  where  when  he  was  a  youth 
he  first  was  led  to  take  up  a  stage  career  by  reading  an  article  on  the  early 
struggles  of  Henry  Irving.     At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  began  to  study  elo- 
cution, and  for  the  next  four  years  he  devoted  himself  to  acquiring  all  the  stage 
training  he  could  get.     He  made  his  first  stage  appearance  just  before  he  was  nine- 
teen in  a  stock  company  performance  of  "Macbeth"  at  a  Toronto  theatre.     Before 

the  end  of  the  season  he  v:a<  playing  the  lead- 
ing juvenile  roles  in  classic  drama  with  this 
company. 

In  1878  he  joined  Modjeska's  company, 
playing,  as  did  Robert  Mantell  at  that  time 
in  the  same  company,  general  utility  roles. 
His  next  engagement  was  with  Adelaide 
Neilson,  and  in  two  seasons  with  her  com- 
pany he  played,  among  other  roles,  those  of 
Peter,  in  "Measure  for  Measure";  Paris,  in 
"Romeo  and  Juliet";  Arviragus,  in  "Cym- 
beline,"  and  Oliver,  in  "As  You  Like  It." 
After  a  brief  engagement  with  Ada  Caven- 
dish he  was  engaged  by  Augustin  Daly  and 
made  his  first  appearance  with  that  manager 
in  "Odette"  when  that  play  was  first  pro- 
duced at  Daly's  Theatre,  on  February  6, 
1882.  Ada  Rehan,  James  Lewis  and  John 
Drew  were  in  the  same  cast  He  left  Mr. 

Daly  to  join  A.  M.  Palmer's  forces  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  where 
he  appeared  as  Herbert,  in  "Young  Mrs.  Winthrop."  After  being  leading 
man  for  Minnie  Maddern  for  a  time  and  playing  Eric  Thorndike  with  Agnes 
Booth  Schoeffel  in  a  special  production  of  Arthur  W.  Pinero's  "The  Squire;'  Mr. 
Miller  was  engaged  by  Daniel  Frohman  as  leading  juvenile  of  the  original  Lyceum 
Theatre  Company.  There  he  appeared  as  Robert  Gray,  in  "The  Wife" ;  Clement 
Hale,  in  "Sweet  Lavender,"  and  Randolph,  in  "The  Marquise."  His  appearance  as 
Kerchival  West,  in  Bronson  Howard's  "Shenandoah,"  was  followed  by  his  engage- 
ment by  Charles  Frohman  as  leading  man  of  the  Empire  Theatre  stock  company, 
and  there  he  made  his  mark  as  Mr.  Brabazon,  in  "Sowing  the  Wind" ;  Mr.  Owen,  in 
"Liberty  Hall";  J.  Ffolliet  Treherne,  in  "Gudgeons";  Rudolph,  in  "Bohemia,"  and 
David  Remon,  in  "The  Masqueraders." 

He  first  appeared  as  a  star  in  1896  in  the  original  production  of  "Heartsease," 
by  Charles  Klein  and  J.  T.  C.  Clarke.  In  1898  he  again  starred  in  "The  Master," 
by  Stuart  Ogilvie.  In  the  fall  of  1899  he  created  the  leading  role  in  "The  Only 
Way,"  a  dramatization  of  Charles  Dickens's  "Tale  of  Two  Cities,"  by  Freeman 
Wills,  which  was  produced  for  the  first  time  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre.  New 
York,  on  September  16.  Mr.  Miller  has  recently  become  a  manager,  and  lias 
been  associated  as  joint  star  with  Margaret  Anglin.  The  season  of  1905-6  he 
appeared  in  "Grierson's  Way,"  "Zira"  and  "Young  Fernald."  The  fall  season  of 

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1906  he  produced  "The  Great  Divide,"  a  drama  by  William  Vaughn  Moody,  which 
opened  the  Princess  Theatre,  New  York,  on  October  3.  His  home  is  No.  255  West 
55th  street,  New  York. 


MELBA,  MADAME  (MRS.  NELLIE  ARMSTRONG),  grand  opera 
prima  donna,   was  born  in  Melbourne,   Australia,   in   1863,  being  the 
daughter  of  David  Mitchell  Porter,  a  wealthy  merchant.     Her  mother 
was  of  Spanish  descent.     When  she  was  seventeen  years  old  she  was 
married  to  Captain  Charles  Xesbit  Frederick  Armstrong,  son  of  Sir  Andrew  Arm- 
strong, Bart.     In  188?  she  accompanied  her  father,  who  was  a  commissioner  to  the 
Paris  Exposition,  to  France  and  studied  singing  under  Madame  Marchesi.     She 
made  her  first  appearance  at  the  Theatre  de  la  Monnaie,  Brussels,  as  Gilda,  in 
"Kigoletto."     She  made  her  first  appearance  in  England  at   Covent  Garden,  in 
"Lucia  di  Lammermoor,"  in  1888,  since  which  she  has  been  regarded  as  one  of  the 
greatest  of  prima  donnas,  having  sung  in  all  the  great  capitals  and  at  the  Metro- 
politan  Opera   House.    New   York,    where  she   first   appeared   under   the   Abbey, 
Schoeffel  &  Grau  management. 

In  April,  1900,  Captain  Armstrong  received  a  divorce  in  Galveston,  Tex.,  with 
the  custody  of  their  one  child,  a  boy,  then  about  sixteen  years  old. 


MELVILLE,  MISS  HOSE,  actress,  was  born  in  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  being 
the  daughter  of  a  Baptist  minister.     She  attended  the  convent  school 
of  St.  Mary's  of  the  Woods  and  later  went  to  Franklin  College.     In 
1881,  after  leaving  college,  she  joined  the  Baldwin-Melville  company 
playing  repertoire  in  the  West.     Miss  Melville  first  created  the  eccentric  character 
of  Sis  Hopkins,  which  gave  her  popularity,  m  a  play  called  "Zeb."    It  was  a  small 
part,  which  she  elaborated  bit  by  bit  until  it  became  a  recognized  feature  of  the 
play.    During  the  run  of  "1492""  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  New  York,  in  1894,  Miss 
Melville  and  her  sister  appeared  in  a  specialty  called  the  "Two  Little  Jays  from 
Indiana."    Eose  Melville's  next  engagement  was  as  leading  woman  in  "The  Prodigal 
Father,"  in  the  role  of  Dolly  Bond,  which  she  played  two  seasons.     Then  she  joined 
Matthews  and  Bulger,  appearing  in  their  musical  play  "By  the  Sad  Sea  Waves," 
in  which  she  introduced  her  creation  of  Sis.     For  several  seasons  she  has  starred 
at  the  head  of  her  own  company. 


MELTZER,   CHARLES    HEXRY,   playwright,  was  born  in   London, 
England,   of  naturalized   Bussian   parents.     When   a  boy  he   was  sent 
to  Paris,  where  he  was  educated  and  where  he  began  life  as  a  journalist, 
eventually  becoming  Paris   representative   of   "The   Chicago   Tribune," 
and  later  of  "The  New  York  Herald,"  for  which  he  travelled  extensively  in  Europe 
and  in  Egypt.    Mr.  Meltzer  came  to  New  York  in  1888  under  contract  to  take  charge 
of  the  dramatic  and  musical  departments  of  "The  New  York  Herald."     For  four 
seasons  he  was  dramatic  critic,  and  during  the  seasons  of  1893-'96  he  wrote  dramatic 
reviews  for  "The  New  York  World." 

Mr.  Meltzer's  contributions  to  dramatic  literature  have  been  partly  original  plays 
and  partly  adaptations.  His  first  play,  "The  Story  of  Eodion,  the  Student,"  was  a 
free  dramatization  of  Dostoiewsky's  novel  "Crime  and  Punishment."  Later  he  de- 
vised  "Salome"  (a  tragic  pantomime  with  ballet)  in  collaboration  with  Armand  Sil- 
vestre.  music  by  Gabriel  Pierne,  which  was  produced  in  Paris :  "Manon  Lescaut,"  a 

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comedy  drama  founded  upon  the  romance  of  Prevost,  and  "The  First  Duchess  of 
Marlboro  ugh/'  a  comedy  of  manners,  suggested  by  the  Duchess's  memoirs.  His 
adaptations  include  the  English  versions  of  Hauptmamrs  "Hannele"  and  "Die 
Versunkene  Glocke"  ("The  Sunken  Bell")  ;  Daudet's  "L'Arlesienne,"  Sardou's  and 
Moreau's  "Madame  Sans  Gene,"  Decourcelle's  "Le  Collier  de  la  Heine"  and  'This 
que  Reine"  (in  collaboration  with  Charles  Frederic  Xordlinger).  His  coined v  "His 
Honor  the  Mayor"  (produced  by  William  H.  Crane)  was  written  with  the  collabora- 
tion of  A.  E.  Lancaster. 

Since  1903  Mr.  Meltzer  has  acted  as  secretary  and  general  assistant  to  Mr.  Hem- 
rich  Conried,  manager  of  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  New  York.  His  home  is 
at  No.  4T6  Central  Park  West,  Xew  York. 


MILLWAKD,  MISS  JESSIE,  actress,  was  born  in  1868  in  England. 
Her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  was  when  she  produced,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  amateurs.  "Love's  Sacrifice."  at  Toole's  Theatre,  London.  Her 
performance  attracted  Mrs.  Kendal,  who  offered  her  an  engagement. 
She  afterward  played  with  Genevieve  Ward,  in  "Forget-Me-Xot,"  and  then  was 
engaged  by  Sir  Henry  Irving  for  the  part  of  Hero,  in  "Much  Ado  About  Nothing." 
She  played  other  good  parts  with  Irving,  and  accompanied  him  to  the  United  States 
on  his  first  tour  of  this  country,  afterward  returning  with  him  to  the  Lyceum,  in 
London.  Charles  Frohman  saw  her  in  Xew  York  and  tempted  her  back  to  play 
Pauline,  in  "Called  Back."  Returning  to  London,  she  was  engaged  by  the  Gattis 
as  leading  woman  at  the  Adelphi,  in  conjunction  with  William  Terriss.  whom  she 
accompanied  to  America  in  1888,  where  they  starred  together.  Returning  again 
to  England,  she  appeared  with  Terriss  at  Drury  Lane,  in  "Paul  Kauvar."'  Miss 
Millward  then  received  a  four  years'  engagement  at  Drury  Lane,  from  the  late 
Augustus  Harris,  and  appeared  in  "A  Million  of  Money,"  in  1890.  followed  by 
"A  Sailor's  Knot"  and  other  plays.  In  1895  she  returned  to  the  Adelphi,  and 
again  starred  with  Terriss  in  melodrama  up  to  the  time  of  that  popular  actor's 
murder,  December  10,  1897.  In  1898  she  came  to  the  United  States,  where  she 
filled  a  long  series  of  starring  engagements  in  Xew  York  and  other  parts  of  the 
country  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  The  season  of  190(5  she  ap- 
peared in  "The  Hypocrites,"  at  the  Hudson  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

MORRIS,  MISS  MILDRED,  actress,  the  daughter  of  the  late  Felix 
Morris,  the  well  known  English  actor,  was  born  in  London,  and  came 
to  the  United  States  when  she  was  a  year  old.  She  lived  for  a  time  in 
Wisconsin  and  received  her  early  schooling  there  at  the  Hillside  Home 
School.  Later  coming  to  Xew  York  she  completed  her  education  in  the  Friends' 
Seminary.  She  made  her  first  appearance  in  Xew  York,  being  an  "extra"  in  the 
company  of  Mrs.  Minnie  Maddern  Fiskc.  which  presented  "Mary  of  Magdala"  at 
the  Manhattan  Theatre  in  1902.  In  March  of  the  same  year  she  joined  the  "Little 
Princess"  company,  at  first  playing  a  small  part  and  later  that  of  Becky.  In  the 
spring  of  1904  she  was  engaged  for  the  leading  boy's  part,  Tom,  in  "Two  Little 
Sailor  Boys."  Her  work  in  these  minor  parts  was  sufficiently  marked  to  lead 
Richard  Mansfield  to  engage  her  for  his  company  for  the  season  of  1904-'05,  the 
characters  she  assumed  being  that  of  the  Prince,  in  "Richard  III,"  and  Xerissa,  in 
"The  Merchant  of  Venice."  In  1905-'06  she  played  Wendy,  in  Charles  Frohman's 
production  of  "Peter  Pan,"  next  to  that  of  Maude  Adams,  the  principal  part,  and 
one  in  which  she  made  a  personal  triumph. 

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MOORE,  MISS  ELSIE,  light  opera  prima  donna,  was  born  on  one  ol  the 
Fiji  Islands,  her  father  being  the  Hon.  George  Moore,  Crown  Surveyor 
of  Suro.     Her  eldest  sister,  before  becoming  Lady  Francis  Winter,  the 
wife  of  the  one-time  Governor  of  Xew  Guinea,  had  been  a  well  known 
singer  in  Australia.     Elsie  Moore  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  when  she 
was  sixteen  years  old  as  "the  youngest  light  opera  prima  donna  in  Australia"  in 
"The  Gondoliers,"  under  the  management  of  J.  0.  Williamson.     Afterward,  under 

his  management,  she  played  the  title  roles 
in  "San  Toy,"  "The  Belle  of  New  York/' 
"The  Circus  Girl,"  "The  Runaway  Girl," 
Dolores,  in  "Florodora,"  and  the  prima 
donna  parts  in  the  Gilbert  and  Sullivan 
operas,  making  pronounced  successes  in  "Pa- 
tience"; as  Yum  Yum,  in  "The  Mikado"; 
Mabel,  in  "Pirates  of  Penzance,"  and  Joseph- 
ine, in  "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore,"  in  Melbourne, 
Sydney  and  Brisbane. 

She  came  to  this  country  in  August, 
1905.  appearing  in  San  Francisco.  She  went 
to  Xew  York  a  few  weeks  later  to  play  the 
principal  part  in  "The  Earl  and  the  Girl," 
and  was  retained  in  the  cast  for  the  tour  of 
the  play  in  the  fall  season  of  1906. 

Miss  Moore  is  a  devotee  of  all  outdoor 
sports,  and  is  an  expert  rider,  driver,  golfer 
and  swimmer.  As  a  swimmer  she  has  won 

several  medals.  While  she  still  calls  Australia  her  home.  Miss  Moore  regards  herself 
as  an  American  actress,  she  having  played  in  all  the  big  towns  from  the  Pacific  to 
the  Atlantic  Ocean. 


MODJESKA,  MADAME  HELENA  (COUNTESS  BOZENTA), 
actress,  was  born  in  Cracow,  Poland,  in  1844,  her  father  being  Michael 
Opido,  a  Tatra  mountaineer.  She  takes  the  stage  name  of  Modjeska 
from  that  of  her  first  husband,  Modrzejewski,  who  was  her  guardian 
and  to  whom  she  was  married  when  she  was  seventeen  years  old.  Two  of  her 
brothers  became  actors,  and  her  first  husband  fostered  her  ambition  for  the  stage 
by  organizing  a  small  travelling  company  for  her  before  she  was  eighteen.  It  con- 
sisted of  herself  as  star,  her  husband,  her  sister  and  the  latter's  husband,  and  three 
of  her  brothers. 

For  years  she  acted  in  small  Polish  towns.  In  1865,  returning  to  her  native 
town,  she  played  leading  parts  and  became  famous.  Her  first  husband  dying  while 
she  was  still  very  young,  in  1868  she  was  married  to  Charles  Chlapowski,  Count 
Bozenta,  who  took  her  to  the  Warsaw  Theatre,  where  she  made  a  remarkable  success, 
opening  in  "Adrienne  Lecouvreur"  and  continuing  there  until  she  and  her  husband 
were  practically  exiled  for  political  reasons.  Applying  herself  to  studying  English, 
she  mastered  it  in  nine  months  and  made  her  first  appearance  as  an  English- 
speaking  actress  in  San  Francisco  in  1877,  where  she  remained  two  years,  playing 
"Mary  Stuart,"  "The  Old  Love  and  the  New,"  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  "Adrienne  Le- 
couvreur" and  "Heartsease."  She  went  to  London  for  the  first  time  in  1880  and 
she  repeated  her  success. 

Madame  Modjeska  acted  Juliet  to  the  Romeo  of  Edwin  Booth,  on  April  30,  1883, 

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at  Booty  s  .rrncrrtre,  Xew  York,  and  on  May  21.  ISMS,  she  \vas  the  Ophelia  to  tho 
Hamlet  of  Edwin  Booth  at  Lester  Wallack's  benefit.  .Joseph  .Jefferson  and  William 
'Florence  were  the  two  gravediggers  in  the  all-star  cast.  In  January.  1895, 
Madame  Modjeska  was  suddenly  stricken  with  an  illness  which  compelled  her  to 
retire  temporarily  from  the  stage.  For  two  years  she  lived  in  seclusion  on  her 
ranch  in  California.  In  1898  she  again  resumed  her  career,  and  she  has  since 
starred  in  repertoire  both  in  this  country  and  in  England.  Her  home  address  is 
Arden,  El  Toro,  Orange  County,  California. 

MITCHELL,    MISS   ADA,   musical  comedy    prima   donna,    was    horn   in 
Baltimore,  Md.,  in  1880,  being  the  only  child  of  J.  S.  and  FJla  Mitchell. 
She  received  a  vocal  education  and  at  the  age  of  ten  appeared   in  an 
amateur  production,  "Revolt  of  the  Holidays,"  in  Baltimore.     She  after- 
ward sang  in  church  choirs  in  her  native  city.     She  made  her   professional   stage 
debut  on  August  15,  1904,  at  the  Xew  York  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  the  chorus  of 
"The  Maid  and  the  Mummy."     Her  first  speaking  part  was  that  of   Kimono,  in 
"The  Mayor  of  Tokio,"  played  at  the  Illinois  Theatre,  Chicago,  on  August  i:>,  1905. 
At  the  opening  of  the  production  at  the  \Valnut  Street  Theatre.  Philadelphia,  she 
sang  the  prima  donna  part,  and  did  it  so  well  that  she  continued  in  it  through  the 
following  season.     She  is  fond  of  all  athletic  sports  and  is  a  baseball  "fan." 


MORRIS,  WILLIAM,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston  in  l,S(il.      Ik-  was  only 
fourteen  years  old  when  he  joined  the  Boston  Museum  Stock  Company. 
After  serving  his  apprenticeship  in  the  companies  of  Augustin  Daly  and 
Madame    Modjeska,    he    became    leading    man    of    Charles    Frohman's 
Empire  Theatre  Stock  Company,  opening  that  theatre  as  Lieutenant  Hawkesworth, 
in  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me."     He  left  that  company  in  1894  to  star  in  "The 
Lost  Paradise";  as  Gil  de  Berault,  in  "Under  the  Bed  Robe,"  and  in  "The  Ad- 
venture of  Lady  r/rsula."     In  1901  he  played  in  "When  We  Were  Twenty-One." 
He  married  Etta  Hawkins  in  1891.     He  is  a  member  of  The  Plavers,  Xew  York. 


MOULAN,  FRANK,  comedian  and  singer,  \vas  born  in  Xew  York,  and,  as 
a  boy,  was  regarded  as  a  remarkable  singer.     He  was  a  member  of  the 
Young  Apollo  Club,   and   sang  in   the  choir  of   Trinity   Church.     He 
afterward  was  solo  vocalist  in  the  choir  of  a  Jersey  City  church.     He 
made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  with  the  Calhoun  Opera  Company,  and  in 
1897  joined  the  Castle  Square  Opera  Company  as  comedian.     Mr.   Moulan  made 
his.  first  big  success  in 'George  Ade's  comic  opera  "The  Sultan  of  Sulu."  produced 
at  the  Studebaker  Theatre,  Chicago,  March   11,  11)02,  and  afterward  at  Wai  lack's 
Theatre,  New  York.     His  wife,  Maud  Lillian  Berri.  shared  his  success  in  that  opera. 


MURRAY,  .T.  K..  actor  and  opera  singer,  was  born  in  Liverpool,  England. 
He  came  to  this  country  in  18(!9,  settling  in  Pittsburg,  where  he  lived 
until  he  began  his  stage  career,  in  1884,  his  first  professional  engagement 
being  with  Catherine  Lewis.     He  next  joined  the  McCaull  Opera  Com- 
pany, opening  in  Boston  in  "The  Sorcerer"  in  the  spring  of  1885.     The  following 
year  Mr.   Murray  joined   the   Carleton   Opera  Company,  and   remained   with   that 
organization    six   years,   travelling   chiefly   on    the    Pacific    Coast.     The   season   of 

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1892-'93  Mr.  Murray  produced  the  Irish  drama  ''Glen  da  Lough"  at  me  Columbia 
Theatre,  Boston,  starring  himself  and  being  supported  by  his  wife.  Clara  Lane. 
He  then  formed  the  Murray-Lane  Opera  Company,  which  toured  the  Western  cities. 
In  1895  he  joined  the  Castle  Square  Opera  Company.  He  has  since  sung  with 
various  operatic  organizations,  and  with  his  wife  has  appeared  in  vaudeville. 


NESBITT,  MISS  MIRIAM,  actress,  while  a  student  at  the  Wheatcroft 
Dramatic  School,,  New  York,  in  1897,  attracted  the  attention  of  Charles 
Frohman,  and  in  the  season  of  1898-'99  she  was  a  member  of  his  stock 
company,  playing  Monica,  in  "The  Tree  of  Knowledge,"  succeeding  Mary 
Mannering,  and  supporting  James  K.  Hackett.    In  1899  she  was  also  in  the  original 
cast  of  "The  White  Horse  Tavern,"  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York,  playing  Attille. 
Tn  1900  she  played  the  Fishing  Girl  in  the  same  play  on  the  road,  and  was  leading 
woman  in  Frederick  Bond's  summer  stock  company  at  Albany.     She  then  signed 
with  Joseph  Haworth,  and  played  until  January,  1901,  in  "Robert  of  Sicily"  with 
him,  appearing  the  remainder  of  the  season  with  Ada  Rehan  in  "Sweet  Nell  of 
Old  Drury." 

In  1901-'02  she  was  William  H.  Crane's  leading  woman  in  "David  Harum,'"  and 
in  ]902-'03  leading  woman  with  Chauncey  Olcott  in  "Old  Limerick."  In  1903 
she  was  also  leading  woman  with  Henry  E.  Dixey  in  "Facing  the  Music,"  and 
played  as  leading  woman  in  "The  County  Chairman"  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New 
York,  and  in  Chicago.  In  August,  1904,  she  went  to  England,  and  toured  through 
September  and  October  as  leading  woman  in  "A  Stranger  in  a  Strange  Land," 
playing  the  American  Girl  in  an  entirely  English  company.  In  December  she 
appeared  at  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre,  London,  in  "Peter  Pan."  In  1905  she 
returned  to  America  and  supported  Henrietta  Crosman  in  "Mary,  Mary,  Quite 
Contrary,"  until  January,  1906,  when  she  supported  Lawrance  D'Orsay  in  Augustus 
Thomas's  "The  Embassy  Ball"  in  its  run  at  Daly's  Theatre,  New  York. 


NETHERSOLE,  MISS  OLGA,  actress,  was  born  in  Kensington.  London, 
in  1870.  Her  mother  was  of  Spanish  descent  and  her  father  a  scion  of 
one  of  the  oldest  Kentish  families.  She  was  educated  in  Germany.  The 
death  of  her  father,  who  was  a  well  known  barrister  in  London,  made  it 
necessary  that  she  should  provide  for  herself,  and  she  chose  the  stage  as  the  field 
for  her  work.  Miss  Nethersole  had  some  experience  as  an  amateur  before  making 
her  professional  debut  as  Lettice  Vane,  in  Henry  Hamilton's  play  "Harvest."  pro- 
duced at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Brighton.  England,'  March,  1887. 

After  a  year  in  the  Englisk  provinces,  Miss  Nethersole  made  her  first  appear- 
ance in  London  in  July,  1888,  at  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  in  "The  Union  Jack,"  by 
Sydney  Grundy  and  the  late  Henry  Pettitt.  She  next  played  the  leading  role  at 
the  St.  James's  Theatre,  in  "The  Dean's  Daughter,"  and  later  she  created  the  role 
of  Lola  Montez,  in  "The  Silver  Falls." 

For  the  opening  of  the  new  Garrick  Theatre,  in  1889,  she  was  engaged  by  John 
Hare  to  create  the  role  of  Janet  Preece,  in  A.  W.  Pinero's  first  serious  problem 
play,  "The  Profligate."  She  also  appeared  under  the  same  management  in  thi> 
theatre  as  Floria,  in  "La  Tosca,"  and  in  Grundy's  "A  Fool's  Paradise." 

After  a  ten  months'  tour  in  Australia,  during  which  she  appeared  in  "The 
Idler,"  "Moths,"  "The  Village  Priest,"  "The  Fortune  of  War."  "A  Scrap  of  Paper." 
etc..  she  returned  to  London  to  rejoin  John  Hare's  company  at  the  Garrick  and 
appear  as  the  Countess  -Zicka  in  the  last  revival  in  London  of  "Diplomacy."  At 

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this  time,  too,  she  created  the  leading  role  in  "The  Silent  Battle,"  a  play  written 
by  an  American  novelist,  Isaac  Henderson,  and  produced  at  the  Criterion  Theatre. 

In  1894  Miss  Nethersole  leased  the  Eoyal  Court  Theatre,  in  London,  and  there 
produced  "The  Transgressor,"  a  play  by  A.  W.  Gattie.  Her  American  debut  took 
place  at  Palmer's  Theatre,  New  York,  October  15,  1894.  She  appeared  there  and 
in  a  subsequent  tour  of  the  United  States  in  ''The  Transgressor,"  "Camille,"  "Frou- 
Frou"  and  "Romeo  and  Juliet."  In  May,  1895,  she  was  again  at  the  Garrick 
Theatre,  London,  playing  the  leading  character  in  A.  W.  Pinero's  "The  Notorious 
Mrs.  Ebbsmith."  June  6,  1896,  Miss  Nethersole  produced  "Carmen"  at  the 
Gaiety,  London,  and  in  1897  brought  it  to  the  United  States,  where  her  portrayal 
of  the  role  of  Carmen  and  the  "Nethersole  kiss,"  as  it  was  called,  caused  wide- 
spread comment.  In  1898  Miss  Nethersole  leased  His  Majesty's  Theatre,  London. 
and  there  produced  "The  Termagant,"  by  Louis  N.  Parker  and  Murray  Carson. 

In  1902  she  leased  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  in  London,  and  produced  Clyde  Fitch's 
adaptation  of  Daudet's  novel  "Sapho."  The  same  year  she  produced  that  play  at 
Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York,  and  both  actress  and  play  came  into  great  promi- 
nence through  the  efforts  made  to  stop  her  from  presenting  it.  The  case  was  taken 
to  the  Supreme  Court,  and  final  ly,  Miss  Nethersole  winning,  she  continued  to 
present  the  play. 

The  season  of  1905-'06  she  made  her  fifth  tour  of  the  United  States,  and  pre- 
sented, in  addition  to  her  repertoire,  "The  Labyrinth,"  a  version  of  "La  Dedale," 
by  W.  L.  Courtenay. 

Miss  Nethersole's  homes  are  No.  5  Norfolk  street,  Park  Lane,  London,  England. 
and  Villa  Lou  Basquou,  Biarritz,  France.  In  New  York  she  occupies  an  apart- 
ment at  the  Hotel  Gotham,  in  Fifth  avenue. 


NIELSEN,  MISS  ALICE  (MRS.  B.  XEXTWIG),  prima  donna,  was 
born  in  Nashville,  Tenn.     Her  father  was  a  Dane,  and  her  mother  was  of 
Irish  descent.     During  the  Civil  War  her  father,  who  was  a  professional 
violinist,  while  fighting  on  the  LTnion  side,  received  a  wound  which  event- 
ually caused  his  death.     Left  a  widow  when  Alice  was  eight  years  old,  Mrs.  Nielsen, 
with  her  three  children,  went  to  Kansas  City  and  opened  a  boarding  house  at  13th 
and  Cherry  streets.     Alice  was  educated  at  St.  Teresa's  Academy,  and  took  singing 
lessons  from  Professor  Max  Desci.     Joining  the  choir  of  St.  Patrick's  Church,  Kan- 
sas City,  in  1888,  Miss  Nielsen's  voice  soon  attracted  much  attention.     In  1890  she 
became  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Nentwig,  the  organist  of  the  church.     They  had  one 
child,  a  boy,  but  the  marriage  proved  unhappy,  and  was  followed  by  a  divorce. 

Miss  Nielsen  sang  in  church  for  five  years,  and  then,  in  1892,  she  went  with  a 
concert  party,  which  became  stranded  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  Obtaining  an  engage- 
ment to  sing  at  the  Eden  Musee  there  for  a  week,  thus  getting  money  to  pay  her 
way  home,  she  joined  the  Pike  Opera  Company  and  sang  in  the  chorus  of  that 
organization  in  Oakland,  Cal.  Her  voice  and  personality  attracted  the  notice  of 
George  E.  Lask,  the  stage  manager  of  the  Tivoli  Opera  Company,  and  he  engaged 
her  to  play  small  parts  at  first.  In  a  very  short  time  she  rose  to  be  prima  donna 
of  the  organization,  and  there  Henry  Clay  Barnaby,  of  the  Bostonians.  heard  her 
sing  Lucia.  The  result  was  an  engagement  with  the  light  opera  organization.  She 
made  her  first  appearance  with  the  Bostonians  as  Anita,  in  "The  War  Time  Wed- 
ding." She  was  then  given  the  small  part  of  Annabelle,  in  "Robin  Hood,"  and 
soon  after  was  cast  for  Maid  Marian,  the  prima  donna  part.  She  made  her  first 
big  success  as  Yvonne,  in  "The  Serenade,"  which  had  a  long  run  at  the  Knicker- 
bocker Theatre,  New  Y"ork.  She  then  became  a  star,  her  first  medium  being  "The 

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Fortune  Teller,"  by  Stanislaus  Stange,  with  lyrics  by  Harry  B.  Smith  and  music 
by  Victor  Herbert.,  produced  in  1898.  Miss  Nielsen's  next  great  success  was  in 
"The  Singing  Girl." 

In  1902  Miss  Nielsen  went  to  London  to  play  in  "The  Fortune  Teller/'  with 
which  she  had  again  been  successful  in  this  country,  and  there  Henry  Russell,  a 
well  known  musical  critic  and  manager,  heard  her,  and  took  her  to  Rome  to  study 
for  grand  opera.  She  made  her  first  appearance  as  a  grand  opera  prima  donna  at 
the  Bellini  Theatre,  Naples,  as  Marguerite,  in  "Faust."  She  next  sang  in  "La 
Traviata,"  at  the  San  Carlo  Opera  House,  in  Naples.  An  engagement  at  Covent 
Garden,  London,  followed.  Then  she  won  successes  as  Zerlina,  in  "Don  Giovanni/' 
and  Suzanne,  in  "The  Marriage  of  Figaro."  The  autumn  of  1905  Miss  Nielsen  was 
prima  donna  at  the  Covent  Garden  opera,  London,  singing  Mimi  to  Caruso's 
Rodolpho,  in  Puccini's  "La  Boheme,"  and  Gilda.  in  "Rigoletto."  to  the  Rigoletto 
of  Maurel.  In  May,  1906,  Miss  Nielsen  and  Madame  Calve  alternated  parts  at 
the  New  Waldorf  Theatre,  London.  Miss  Xielsen  returned  to  this  country  in  the 
fall  of  1906  to  appear  in  grand  opera  with  a  company,  of  which  she  and  Nordica 
were  the  prima  donnas. 


NO1IDICA,  MME.  LILLIAN,  grand  opera  prima  donna,  was  born  in 
Farmington,  Me.  She  was  the  granddaughter  of  "Camp  Meeting"  John 
Allen,  a  New  England  preacher,  who  was  noted  for  the  bitterness  of  his 
attacks  on  the  stage.  She  began  her  musical  studies  in  Boston,  under 
Professor  O'Neill,  of  the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music.  Before  she  was 
sixteen  she  had  sung  as  a  soloist  in  oratorio  for  the  Handel  and  Haydn  societies. 
Her  first  twelve  operatic  roles  were  studied  under  Marie  Maretzek.  Subsequently 
she  appeared  with  Gilmore's  Band  at  two  concerts  in  the  old  Madison  Square  Garden. 
She  accompanied  the  bandmaster  abroad,  appearing  at  concerts  in  Liverpool,  London 
and  on  the  Continent.  After  appearing  with  him  in  Paris,  she  went  to  Italy  with 
her  mother,  and  there  began  the  study  of  grand  opera  under  San  Giovanni.  She 
made  her  debut  as  a  grand  opera  prima  donna  at  Brescia,  Italy,  in  April,  1879,  in 
"La  Traviata."  After  appearing  at  Genoa  and  Novara,  in  October,  1881,  she  went 
to  St.  Petersburg  and  sang  "Mignon"  before  the  Tsarina.  After  singing  in  Moscow 
she  went  to  Paris,  making  her  initial  grand  opera  performance  there  in  "Faust"  in 
1882,  and  later  singing  in  "Hamlet." 

While  appearing  in  Paris  she  was  married  to  Frederick  Gower,  well  known  as  a 
scientist  and  electrician.  Mr.  Gower,  but  a  few  months  after  his  marriage,  met  his 
death  while  conducting  a  series  of  electrical  experiments  in  a  balloon  that  ascended 
from  Woolwich  Arsenal,  England.  The  balloon  was  carried  out  to  sea  and  col- 
lapsed, and  Gower  and  a  companion  were  drowned.  Through  her  husband's  death 
she  came  into  a  fortune  of  a  quarter  of  a  million  dollars.  After  this,  in  1886, 
Madame  Nordica  returned  to  the  stage,  from  which  she  had  been  absent  for  three 
years,  appearing  at  Covent  Garden,  London,  in  ''La  Traviata."  On  March  28,  1890, 
she  made  her  first  appearance  in  her  native  land  with  Signor  Tamagno,  in  "II  Tro- 
v  at  ore."  Afterward  she  went  to  Bayreuth,  and  under  Madame  Wagner's  instruc- 
tions studied  the  part  of  Elsa,  in  "Lohengrin,"  which  role  she  created  in  the  original 
production  at  Bayreuth.  After  this  she  made  some  of  her  most  notable  successes  in 
Wagnerian  roles.  In  1895  she  made  her  first  appearance  in  America,  in  "Tristan 
und  Isolde." 

It  was  on  the  eigthieth  anniversary  of  the  birthday  of  Queen  Victoria  that 
Madame  Nordica  appeared  at  Windsor  Castle  and  sang  Elsa,  in  "Lohengrin,"  for 

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the  Queen,  the  first  lime  a  Wagner  opera  was  ever  heard  by  Her  Majesty.  After 
leaving  the  Queen's  presence  Madame  Xordica  missed  a  small  brooch,  and  asked  one 
of  the  maids  of  honor  to  send  it  to  her  hotel  when  it  was  found.  The  following 
day  she  received  her  missing  brooch  and  another,  worth  many  times  more  than  her 
own,  as  a  present  from  the  Queen. 

For  several  years  Madame  Xordica  has  been  one  of  the  leading  prima  donnas  at 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  Xew  York,  where  she  has  sung  all  the  roles  which 
have  made  her  famous. 


N  ORRIS,  WILLIAM,  actor,  was  born  in  Xew  York,  June  15,  1870,  being 
the  son  of  Elias  M.  and  Harriet  Mayo  Block.     He  was  educated  in  the 
Cosmopolitan  School  and  the  Boys'   High  School,  Han    Francisco.     His 
playing  as  an  amateur  was  restricted  to  one  part,  that  of  the  Frenchman, 
in  "Esmeralda,"  in  which  he  appeared  in  San  Francisco  in  1S!)1.     His  first  appear- 
ance on  the  professional  stage  was  in  December.  1892,  in  "The  Girl  from  Mexico," 
under  the  management  of  .7.  M.  Hill.     His  first  principal  part  was  that  of  Bauer- 

siock,  in  Charles  Frohman's  Xew  York 
production  of  "His  Excellency  the 
Governor,"  and  it  was  in  this  part  that 
In  made  his  first  marked  success. 

From  this  time  on  he  made  rapid 
strides  in  his  profession  and  displayed 
amazing     versatility,     jumping     from 
straight  comedy  to  tragedy  and   from 
that   to   musical   comedy,   and  making 
notable  successes  in  each.     He  played 
^k         Pirn-has,  in  Israel  Zangwill's  "Children 
'  J          •        of  the  Ghetto."  ten  weeks  at  the  Her- 
A       aid    Square    Theatre.    Xew   York,    and 
Adonis,  with    Viola   Allen,   in   "In   the 

M/  Palace    of    the    King,"    for    seventeen 

weeks  at  the  Republic  Theatre,  now  the 
%•  1  Belasco.  Chicago.     As  Pepe,  the  dwarf, 

in  Otis  Skinner's  production  of  "Fran- 
cesca  da  .Rimini/'  he  reached  a  high 
order  of  tragic  acting,  and  from  that 
he  went  to  Barry  in  "A  Country  Girl," 
where  for  sixteen  weeks  at  Dalv's 


Theatre,    Xew    York,    he    added    new 

j    ^  ' 

laurels  to  his  achievements  as  a  musical 
^^HHI  comedian.  The  part  of  Alan,  in 

"Babes  in  Toyland,"  played  for  twenty- 
three  weeks  at  the  Majestic  Theatre,  Xew  York,  earned  him  added  popularity  and 
praise,  as  did  Chambudd  Khan,  in  "The  Cingalese";  King  Dodo,  in  "King  Dodo"; 
the  Burgomaster,  in  "The  Burgomaster,"  and  the  leading  part  in  "The  Man  in  the 
Moon."  For  the  last  seven  years  Mr.  Norris  has  played  for  an  entire  season  in  the 
part  in  which  he  began  it.  The  season  of  1905-'06  he  played  in  "The  Land  of  Nod," 
which  ran  for  five  months  in  Chicago  and  eight  months  following  in  the  West.  He 
is  a  member  of  The  Lambs.  The  Players,  Xew  York,  and  the  Pacific  Lodere,  A.  F. 
and  A.  M. 


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OTIS,  MISS  ELITA  PROCTOR  (MRS.  WILLIAM  CARPENTER 
CAMP),  actress,  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where  her  father,  William 
Henry  Otis,  was  a  banker.     Her  grandfather,  William  A.  Otis,  was  a  Boston 
banker.     Her  uncle,  Charles  A.  Otis,  late  Mayor  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  was  a 
partner  of  the  late  Senator  Mark  Hanna,  of  Ohio.     Her  paternal  grandmother  was 
Eliza  Proctor,  sister  of  Senator  Kedfield  Proctor,  of  Vermont,  and  a  lineal  descendant 
of  the  English  poetess,  Adelaide  Proctor.     Her  maternal  grandmother  was  a  sister 

of  Mayor  Fitler,  of  Philadelphia.  Miss 
Otis  became  a  professional  actress 
through  her  success  as  an  amateur  in 
the  productions  of  the  Comedy  Club,  in 
which  Elsie  De  Wolfe  and  Mrs.  James 
Brown  Potter  first  became  proficient  as 
amateurs.  She  first  achieved  popular- 
ity as  Mrs.  Eastlake  Chapel,  in  John 
Stetson's  production  of  "The  Crust  of 
Society,"  and  afterward  starred  under 
his  management  in  a  number  of  com- 
edy roles,  including  those  of  Lady  Gay 
Spanker,  in  "London  Assurance,"  and 

£**.  <^f&''  Lacly  Teazle-  in  "The  School  for  Scan- 

?  f  **}  j>>  _. .j-TtiiHi&S?^  dal."     A.  M.  Palmer  engaged  her  for 

JwjS     ^P^A^^^f.^^1     ,  hig  production  of  Augustus  Thomas's 

^^^^•Hjj^M^^jftf  "New  Blood,"  and  she  was  subsequently 

Ji§  Ek"      ^fc  the  player  of  the  leading  woman  roles 

in  Charles  Frohman's  productions  of 
Adelphi  melodramas,  "Sporting  Life" 
being  among  her  notable  successes. 

After  a  starring  tour  as  Nancy 
Sikes  in  her  own  version  of  "Oliver 
Twist,"  she  was  engaged  bv  W.  A. 
Brady  to  create  the  leading  role  in 
"Wine  and  Women."  She  has  appeared 

frequently  in  vaudeville  sketches,  and  for  a  time  was  stock  star  in  the  Proctor  Fifth 
Avenue  stock  company.  In  the  New  York  revival  of  "The  Two  Orphans"  she 
played  Mme.  Frochard.  The  fall  season  of  1906  she  was  with  Lew  Fields's  company, 
at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  in  "About  Town."  In  1900,  while  playing  in  "The 
Brixton  Burglary,"  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  she  was  married  to- 
William  Camp,  a  New  York  broker,  son  of  Isaac  Camp,  the  organ  manufacturer,  of 
Chicago.  Miss  Otis  lives  with  her  husband  at  No.  142  West  44th  street,  New  York. 


OLCOTT,  CHAUNCEY  (JOHN  CHANCELLOR);  actor  and  singer, 
was  born  in  Buffalo,  July  27,  1860.  and  was  educated  at  the  public  school* 
in  that  city.     He  made  his  first  appearance  as  a  ballad  singer  in  1880 
with  a  minstrel  show  under  the  management  of  the  late  E.  M.  Hooley. 
and   remained   with   that  organization   t\vo   years.     He   then   joined   the   Haverly 
Minstrels,  and  later  was  with  the  Carncross  Minstrels  in  Philadelphia.     A  period 
with  the  Denman  Thompson  company  followed,  when  he  became  a  member  of  the 
Duff  Opera  Company,  staying  with  it  several  seasons,  playing  tenor  parts.    He  also 
sang  in  light  operas  in  England  for  two  years,  then  returned  to  this  country  and 
took  up  the  line  of  business  as  a  star  in  Irish  musical  dramas  left  vacant  by  the 

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death  of  W.  J.  Scanlan.     Since  then  Mr.  Olcott  has  been  the  leading  Irish  singing 
romantic  star  in  this  country. 

Mr.  Olcott  married,  September  28,  1897,  Margaret  O'Donnvan,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. His  homes  are  at  Fruitvale,  Cal.,  and  Saratoga,  X.  V.  He  is  a  member  of 
The  Lambs  and  The  Players,  New  York,  and  the  Democratic  Club,  Buffalo,  X.  Y. 


OPP,  MISS  JULIE  (MRS.  WILLIAM  FAYERS1IAM),  actress,  was 
born  in  New  York  in  1873,  and  was  educated  in  a  convent  there.  When 
she  was  twenty  years  old  she  began  writing  for  Xew  York  newspapers,  for 
three  years  being  the  editor  of  a  woman's  page.  As  a  reporter  she  went 
io  Paris  and  intervied  Calve  and  Sarah  Bernhardt.  Both  urged  her  to  adopt  the 
stage  as  a  profession,  offering  their  advice,  influence  and  support. 

Returning  to  this  country,  Miss  Opp  made  her  first  public  appearance  in  the 
spring  of  1896  at  a  recital  given  by  Madame  D'Hardelot  at  the  Waldorf,  Xew  York. 
She  recited  "The  Birth  of  the  Opal,"  by  Ella  Wheeler  Wilcox.  The  same  year, 
returning  to  Paris,  she  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  legitimate  stage,  with 
Madame  Bernhardt,  in  the  ballroom  scene  in  "Canrille."  She  then  obtained  a 
year's  engagement  in  the  company  of  GfcJrge  Alexander,  at  the  St.  James's  Theatre, 
London,  during  which  she  was  understudy  to  Julia  Xeilson.  in  "The  Prisoner  of 
Zenda,"  and  played  Hymen,  in  ''As  You  Like  It."  During  the  illness  of  Miss 
Xeilson  she  played  Rosalind  and  made  her  first  big  success.  She  was  next  seen  in 
"The  Princess  and  the  Butterfly." 

Returning  to  this  country  under  engagement  with  Charles  Frohman,  Miss  Opp 
played  leading  parts  in  the  company  supporting  William  Faversham,  whose  wife 
she  became  in  1902.  She  continued  to  play  leads  with  her  husband  until  190.").  on 
October  31  of  which  year  a  son  was  born  to  them.  Since  then  Miss  Opp  has  not 
been  seen  on  the  stage.  The  Favershams  have  a  farm  in  England.  Their  home 
in  this  country  is  at  Xo.  211  East  17th  street,  Xew  York. 

0'  XEILL,  JAMES,  actor,  was  born  in  Kilkenny,  Ireland,  Xovember  15, 
1849.     He  was  brought  to  this  country  when  he  was  five  years  old,  and 
was  educated  in  Buffalo  and  Cincinnati.     After  working  in  a  clothing 
store,  he  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage,  in  1868,  as  a  "super"  in 
the  Xational  Theatre,  Cincinnati,  during  an  engagement  of  Edwin  Forrest.     After 
a  season  of  barnstorming  and  at  the  St.  Louis  Varieties,  he  joined  the  company  of 
Robert  Miles  in  Cincinnati,  leaving  that  to  become  leading  juvenile  at  the  Holliday 
Street  Theatre,  Baltimore,  and  leading  man  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  Cleveland, 
where  he  played  Icillius  to  the  Yirginius  of  Edwin  Forrest.     He  also  appeared  in 
"Macbeth"  with  Charlotte  Cushman. 

In  1871  Mr.  O'Xeill  became  leading  man  with  the  McVicker's  Theatre  Com- 
pany, in  Chicago,  a  place  he  retained  for  two  years.  He  then  joined  the  Hooley 
Stock  Company.  In  1875  Mr.  O'Xeill  joined  A.  M.  Palmer's  Xew  York  company, 
playing  two  years  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre.  He  created  the  part  of  Pierre,  in 
"The  Two  Orphans,"  in  this  country ;  played  the  Prince,  in  "The  Danicheffs,"  and 
Jean  Renaud,  in  "A  Celebrated  Case."  The  following  three  years  he  was  at  Bald- 
win's Theatre,  San  Francisco.  In  1880  Mr.  O'Xeill  impersonated  the  Saviour,  in 
"The  Passion  Play,"  on  its  production  in  San  Francisco.  Mr.  O'Xeill  played 
in  "Deacon  Crankett"  in  1882  and  starred  for  a  while  in  "An  American  King." 
Early  in  1883  John  Stetson  revived  the  drama  "The  Count  of  Monte  Cristo,"  at 
Booth's  Theatre,  Xew  York.  Charles  P.  Thorne,  Jr.,  played  the  part  of  Edmond 

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Dantes  the  first  night  and  died  the  next  day.  Mr.  CTXeill  tcok  up  the  part,  which 
he  continued  to  play  almost  continuously  for  sixteen  years.  In  1898  he  appeared 
as  D'Artagnan.  in  "The  Musketeers."  Since  then  he  has  appeared  in  various 
romantic  dramas,  but  his  reputation  is  chiefly  associated  with  "Monte  Cristo"  and 
"The  Musketeers." 

Mr.  O'Xeill's  home  is  at  New  London,  Conn. 


PARKY,  NYILLIAM,  manager,  actor  and  stage  manager,  was  born  in  Man- 
chester, England,  January  9,   1856.     His  parents  kept  the  Royal   Hotel, 
adjoining  the  Theatre  Royal,  frequented  by  actors.     This  brought  William 
in  touch  with  the  theatrical  profession,  and  when  ten  years  old  he  became 
a  call  boy.     In  the  stock  company  at  that  time  were  Henry  Irving,  Charles  Wynd- 
ham,  Lionel  B rough,  George  Rignold,  John  L.  Toole  and  others.     Mr.  Parry's  first 
appearance  as  an  actor  was  as  the  Third  Apparition  in  "Macbeth."     He  then  played 

Robin,  in  "The  Merry  Wives  of  Wind- 
sor," and  General  Boom,  in  the  panto- 
mime of  "Gulliver's  Travels."  He  was 
then  taken  to  London  with  Colonel 
Mapleson's  Italian  Opera  Company 
under  the  special  care  of  Theresa  Tiet- 
jens  and  Charles  Santley,  who  saw  to 
the  finishing  of  the  boy's  education,  in- 
sisting upon  his  mastering  the  Italian 
and  French  languages. 

Between  the  opera  seasons  in  Lon- 
don William  Parry  served  as  call  boy 
at  the  opening  of  the  original  Gaiety 
Theatre  under  John  Hollingshead's 
management,  and  at  Covent  Garden 
Theatre  in  the  production  of  "Babel 
and  Bijou,"  under  the  stage  manage- 
ment of  Dion  Boucicault  and  Augustus 
Harris  (father  of  the  late  Sir  Augus- 
tus). When  nineteen  years  old  he  was 
appointed  stage  manager,  for  the  first 
time,  with  Tomasso  Salvini. 

At  twenty-six  he  organized  tbe 
William  Parry  Italian  Opera  Company 
and  toured  the  provinces  of  England, 
Ireland,  Scotland  and  Holland.  He 

came  to  America  with  Colonel  Mapleson,  and  was  for  many  seasons  stage  manager 
at  the  Academy  of  Music,  and  afterward  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House,  under 
Abbey,  Schoeffel  &  Grau.  For  four  years  he  was  stage  manager  for  David  Hen- 
derson in  Chicago  and  elsewhere,  producing  the  big  spectacular  extravaganza* 
"Sindbad  the  Sailor,"  "AH  Baba"  and  others.  In  the  summer  of  1896  the  Parry 
Opera  Company  opened  a  season  of  opera  in  English  at  the  Manhattan  Beach 
Thea.tre,  producing  "Yery  Little  Faust."  In  1900  he  gave  a  season  of  English 
opera  at  Terrace  Garden.  He  was  stage  manager  for  Henry  W.  Savage's  English 
Opera  Company.  He  has  staged  many  dramatic  plays,  sketches  and  one  act  plays 
for  vaudeville. 

His  favorite  sport  is  horse  racing. 


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PASTOR,    ANTONIO    (TONY),   entertainer   and    manager,    was    horn   in 
New  York  in  1837.    He  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  at  Barnmn's 
Museum,  New  York,  in  the  fall  of  184(i.     He  played  the  tanihourine  in  a 
minstrel  company.     On  April  1,  1847.  he  went  on  a  lour  with  this  tioupe, 
which  was  a  side  show  for  a  circus.     He  was  hilled  as  "the  infant  prodigy,"     Then 
he  became  a  rider  in  the  circus,  and,  as  comic  songs  were  features  of  circus  perform- 
ances in  those  days,  he  became  a  comic  singer  as  well.     He  followed  the  circus  busi- 
ness until  1801,  when  he  deserted  it  to  sing  comic  songs  for  Frank  Risers.     After 
that  he  went  to  New  York  and  opened  at  old  "444"  Broadway,  making  a  specialty 
of  sinking  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner."     In  May,  1801.  lie  opened  the  Broadway 
Music  Hall,  at   Broadway  and  Broome  street,   where  he   remained   until   .January. 
1803,  when  he  returned  to  "444." 

On  March  22,  1805,  he  began  his  managerial  career,  with  Sam  Sharpley  as  a 
partner.  They  opened  at  No.  201  Bowery.  They  gave  a  variety  performance  to 
which  women  could  go  and  which  omitted  the  smoking  and  drinking  features  that 
had  characterized  such  shows  up  to  that  time.  He  remained  there  for  ten  years. 
In  October,  1875,  he  removed  to  the  first  Tony  Pastor  house  in  Broadway,  which 
was  called  Tony  Pastor's  Theatre.  It  was  in  this  house  that  Lillian  Russell 
was  first  introduced  to  the  public.  There  he  remained  until  October.  1881,  when 
the  Fourteenth  street  house  was  opened,  in  which  Tony  Pastor  has  remained  ever 
since.  Among  the  stars  and  managers  who  were  graduated  from  there  were  Har- 
rigan  and  Hart,  Nat  Goodwin,  Harry  Kernell,  Pat  Rooney.  Evans  and  Hoey.  Den- 
man  Thompson.  Xeil  Burgess  and  W.  .T.  Scanlan. 

PAYNE,  WILLIAM  LOUIS,  actor,  was  born  in  Elmira,  N.  Y.     He  is 
the  son  of  Alfred  T.  Payne,  an  artist,  now  living  in  New  Yrork.     He  had 
l)een  an  actor  some  years,  when,  on  July  13,  1906.  he  married  Mrs.  Leslie 
Carter,  at  Portsmouth,  X.   H.,  while  on  an  automobile  trip. 
Besides  being  a  member  of  many  stock  companies  previous  to  his  marriage,  Mr. 
Payne  had  played  Orville  Baher,  in  "Eben  Holden" :  Goldarnheim.  in  "Her  Maj- 
esty" :  Otto  Struble,  in  "An  American  Citizen" :  Ingomar  Cartridge,  in  "Ambition" ; 
Mr.  Jones,  in  "David  Garrick" ;  Dave,  in  "In  Mizzoura" :  Winkle,  in  "Mr.  Pick- 
wick"; Esrom,  in  "Nazareth";  Smiley  Green,  in  "Bird  Centre,"  and  Howard  Lef- 
fingwell,  in  "Mrs.  LeflfingwelPs  Boots."    Mr.  Payne  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs. 

PINERO,  ARTHUR  WING,  playwright,  was  born  in   London  May  2-1. 
1855,  being  the  son  of  John  Daniel  Pinero,  a  lawyer.     Early  in  life  he 
married  Myra  Emily  Hamilton,  an  actress.     After  leaving  school  he  spent 
some  time  in  his  father's  office,  but  before  being  articled  as  a  lawyer  he 
decided  to  become  an  actor.     He  first  appeared  in  1874  as  general  utility  man  in 
small  parts  at  the  Theatre  Royal,  Edinburgh,  at  $5  a  week.     A  year  later  he  went 
to  London  and  appeared  at  the  Globe  Theatre.    From  1870  to  1881  he  was  a  member 
of  Henry  Irving's  company  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre.    It  was  during  his  first  year  at 
this  house  that  he  wrote  his  first  playlet,  a  one  act  farce  called  "£200  a  Year,"  the 
manuscript  of  which  he  presented  to  R.  C.  Carton,  who  obtained  its  production  at 
the  Globe.     His  next  efforts  were  "Bygones"  and  "Daisy's  Escape,"  produced  in 
1880,   both   of   which    were   utilized   as   curtain   raisers  by   Mr.   Irving,   with    the 
young  author  in  the  leading  parts. 

His  first  really  successful  play  was  "The  Money  Spinner,"  produced  by  John 
Hare  and  the  Kendals  in  1880  at  the  St.  James's  Theatre,  London.  The  following 


year  he  gave  up  playing,  and  has  since  devoted  himself  to  playwriting.  Included 
in  his  works  are  "Hester's  Mystery."  "Lords  and  Commons,"  "In  Chancery."  "The 
Magistrate,"  "The  Hobby  Horse,"  "Dandy  Dick,"  "Sweet  Lavender,"  "The  Profli- 
gate," "The  Notorious  Mrs.  Ebbsmith,"  "Lady  Bountiful,"  "The  Amazons,"  "The 
Gay  Lord  Quex,"  "The  Second  Mrs.  Tanqueray,"  "Iris,"  "Trelawny  of  the  Wells" 
and  "His  House  in  Order,"  produced  in  New  York  at  the  Empire  Theatre  by  John 
Drew  and  company  in  September,  1906.  Mr.  Pinero's  home  address  is  No.  14  Han- 
over Square,  London,  W. 

PAYTON.  CORSE,  actor  and  manager,  was  born  at  Centreville,  Iowa,  De- 
cember 18,  1867.     He  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  at  the  age 
of  sixteen,  in  the  role  of  Luke  Bloomfield,  in  "Dora."'  in  a  company  made 
up  entirely  of  members  of  his  own  family.     The  organization  went  on  tour 
and  was  successful  for  several  years.    In  1890  Mr.  Payton  was  playing  the  leading 
comedy  part  in  "Larking."     The  next  season  he  organized  his  first  company  and 
up  to  1895  played  in  repertoire  through  the  Middle  West.     That  year  he  took  his 
company  East.     He  is  now  the  lessee  and  manager  of  Corse   Payton's  Theatre, 
Brooklvn,  X.  Y. 


PEPLE,  EinYAKD  HENRY,  playwright,  was  born  in  Eichmond,  Va., 
August  10,  1867,  and  was  educated  at  the  academy  of  John  P.  McGuire, 
Kichmond,  Ya.    He  began  life  as  an  accountant,  and  was  in  the  employment 
of  the  American  Bridge  Company,  New  York,  when  he  wrote  his  first  play, 
"A  Broken  Eosary."     The  play  which  attracted  most  attention  to  Mr.  Peple  as  a 
playwright  was  "The  Prince  Chap,"  produced  in  the  fall  of  1895.  with  Cyril  Scott 
in  the  principal  part.     It  ran  throughout  two  seasons. 

Mr.  Peple's  home  is  at  No.  132  West  96th  street,  New  York. 

PLYMPTON,  EBEN,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston,  Mas?..  011  February  7.  1853. 
After  leaving  school  he  held  a  position  as  bookkeeper  on  "The  Boston  Post," 
devoting  most  of  his  leisure  time  to  amateur  theatrical  performances.     He 
overtaxed  his  strength  and.  was  sent  to  California  to  regain  his  health. 
While  there  he  obtained  his  first  professional  engagement,  with  Joseph  Proctor,  and 
made  his  debut  in  Sacramento.     There  he  gained  a  wide  experience  in  acting,  ap- 
pearing frequently  in  five  plays  a  week.     Then  he  was  engaged  by  John  McCullough 
for  leading  juvenile  parts  at  the  California  Theatre,  in  San  Francisco.     Subse- 
quently he  played  juvenile  parts  at  the  Park  Theatre,  in  Brooklyn,  and  from  there 
was  transferred  to  the  Wallack  Stock  Company  in  New  York,  with  which  he  re- 
mained two  seasons. 

On  November  ,23,  1875,  he  made  his  appearance  in  the  LTnion  Square  Theatre, 
as  Andre,  in  "Eose  Michel,"  and  he  also  appeared  in  this  house  in  support  of  John 
T.  Eaymond,  in  "The  Gilded  Age,"  as  Clay  Hawkins.  Next  season  he  acted  as  the 
chief  support  of  Adelaide  Neilson,  playing,  among  other  roles.  Eomeo  to  her  Juliet; 
Sebastian,  in  "Twelfth  Night,"  and  Leonatus,  in  "Cymbeline."  He  supported  Law- 
rence Barrett  during  a  part  of  a  season,  and  was  the  original  Lord  Travers,  in  "Hazel 
Kirke,"  which  had  such  a  successful  run  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre.  New  York. 
He  was  the  leading  support  of  Mary  Anderson  during  her  farewell  tour  of  the 
United  States.  In  the  all-star  cast  which  presented  "Hamlet"  at  the  Metropolitan 
Opera  House  in  1888  as  a  testimonial  to  Lester  Wallack  he  played  the  part  of 

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Laertes.  He  has  starred  at  the  head  of  his  own  company,  and  appeared  in  the 
support  of  many  leading  stars,  ?uch  as  Julia  Marlowe  and  Modjeska.  His  home  is 
at  Kingston,  Mass. 


POST,  GUY  BATES,  actor,  was  born  in  Seattle,  Washington  Territory,  in 
1875,  his  father,  John  James,  being  of  English,  and  hi?  mother,  Mary 
Annette  Post,  of  Dutch  parentage.     His  sister,  Madeline  Post,  is  a  well 
known  actress,  having  played  in  Charles  Frohman's  companies.     Mr.  Post 
had  an  early  leaning  toward  the  stage  and  made  many  appearances  as  an  ama- 
teur, his  first  being  in  the  part  of  Cassius,  in  "Julius  Caesar,''  at  a  performance 
given  by  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church  in  San  Francisco.     He  made  his  stage  debut 

in  Chicago  in  1893  at  the  Schiller 
Theatre,  as  the  Printer,  in  the  produc- 
tion of  "Charlotte  Corday."  by  Kyrle 
Bellew  and  Mrs.  James  Brown  Potter. 
He  made  his  first  marked  success  in  the 
role  of  Robert  Rockett,  in  "My  Lady 
Dainty,''  by  Madeleine  Lucette  Ryley, 
with  Herbert  Kelcey  and  Effie  Shan- 
non at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre, 
Xew  York.  Following  this  he  ap- 
peared successively  as  Captain  Stuart, 
in  Richard  Harding  Davis's  "Soldiers 
of  Fortune";  Steve,  in  Owen  Wister's 
and  Kirke  La  Shelle's  "The  Virgin- 
ian"; in  Clyde  Fitch's  "The  Marriage 
Game,"  "The  Bird  in  the  Cage"  ancl 
"Major  Andre";  "A  Rose  o'  Plym- 
outh," by  Evelyn  Greenleaf  Sutherland 
and  Beulah  Marie  Dix  :  as  Joe  Lacy, 
in  Paul  Armstrong's  "Heir  to  the 
Hoorah,"  and  in  a  production  of 
"Manon  Lescaut"  at  Wallack's  Theatre, 


York.  His  most  marked  achieve- 
ments have  been  in  his  roles  in  "The 
Virginian,"  "Soldiers  of  Fortune,"  "My 
Lady  Dainty"  and  "The  Heir  to  the 

Hoorah,"  in  the  last  named  of  which  he  went  on  tour  the  fall  season  of  1906.  He 
married  Sarah  Truax,  a  well  known  actress.  He  is  an  accomplished  pianist  and 
linguist  and  an  adept  at  all  athletic  sports.  One  of  his  boasts  is  that  he  never 
rides  in  an  elevator.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs  and  The  Plavers,  Xew  York. 


POTTER,  MRS.  JAMES  BROWN   (CORA  URQUHART),  actress, 
was  born  in  Xew  Orleans,  where  her  family -was  socially  prominent,  her 
father  being  Colonel  David  Urquhart.    It  was  not  until  after  her  marriage 
to  James  Brown  Potter,  of  Xew  York,  the  son  of  one  of  the  most  prominent 
and  wealthy  citizens  of  the  Metropolis,  that  she  took  up  amateur  theatricals.     Her 
striking  looks  and  the  elegance  of  her  gowns  coupled  with  native  ability  combined 
to  attract  attention  to  her  work,  and  it  was  not  long  before  she  sought  the  profes- 
sional stage.    She  made  her  debut  in  London,  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre,  March  29, 

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1887,  as  Anne  Sylvester,  in  "Man  and  Wife,"  by  Wilkie  Collins,  appearing  to  such 
advantage  that  she  received  a  note  of  congratulation  from  the  author. 

From  the  Haymarket  she  went  to  the  Gaiety,  where  she  appeared  in  "Civil  War" 
and  "Loyal  Love."  She  then  returned  to  her  native  land,  and  six  months  after  her 
first  London  appearance  made  her  American  debut.  She  toured  America  for  two 
years,  playing  as  a  star  and  supported  by  Kyrle  Bel  lew,  included  in  her  repetoire 
being  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  Pauline,  in  "The  Lady  of  Lyons";  Kate  Hardcastle,  in 
"She  Stoops  to  Conquer" ;  "Camille"  and  "Antony  and  Cleopatra."  In  March,  1890, 
she  made  her  first  Australian  tour,  in  which  she  added  "La  Tosca"  and  "Margaret 
Gautier"  to  her  roles.  From  Australia  she  went  to  India,  China  and  Japan,  Mr. 
Bellew  still  being  her  leading  man.  She  then  returned  to  London,  and  after  playing 
a  short  season,  in  which  she  appeared  in  "Charlotte  Corday,"  "Hero  and  Leander" 
and  "Francillon.  After  another  American  tour  she  went,  in  1897,  to  Australia  for 
the  second  time.  She  returned  to  London  the  same  year,  to  appear  at  the  Haymarket 
as  Miladi,  in  "The  Musketeers."  In  1901  she  created  the  role  of  Calypso,  in  Stephen 
Phillips's  "Ulysses." 

In  1904  she  leased  the  Savoy  Theatre,  London,  and  produced  there,  with  Gilbert 
Hare,  dramatic  versions  of  "Pagliacci"  and  "Cavalleria  Rusticana."  The  venture 
was  a  failure,  and  the  result  for  her  was  financial  disaster.  She  separated  from  her 
husband  early  in  her  professional  career,  and,  in  1903,  the  courts  of  New  York  dis- 
solved the  marriage.  They  had  one  child,  whose  custody  was  given  to  Mr.  Potter. 


POTTER,   PAUL   M.,   playwright,   was  born  in  Brighton,   England,  June 
2,  1853,,  and  began  life  as  a  newspaper  man.     From  1881  to  1887  he  was 
on  the  staff  of  "The  New  York  Herald"  a?  foreign  editor,  London  corre- 
spondent and   dramatic   critic.     He  was  afterward  associated  with   "The 
Chicago  Tribune."     His  first  play  was  produced  in  May,  1889.     Ft  was  "The  City 
Directory."     Since  then  he  has  written  "The  Ugly  Duckling,"  in  which  Mrs.  Leslie 
Carter  took  part,  in  1890;  "The  World's  Fair,"  in  ^91;  "The  American  Min- 
ister," for  W.  H.  Crane,  in  1892:  "Sheridan;  or,  The  Maid  of  Bath,"  for  Sothern, 
in  1893;  "Our  Country  Cousins,"  in  1893;  "The  Pacific  Mail,"  for  Crane,  in  1894, 
and  "The  Victoria  Cross,"  produced  in  1894.     He  adapted  "Trilby"  for  the  Amer- 
ican stage,  and  it  was  first  produced  at  the  Park  Theatre,  Boston,  March  13,  1896, 
with  Wilton  Lackaye  and   Virginia  Harned  in  the  principal  parts. 

His  other  plays  and  the  dates  of  their  production  are :  "The  Stag  Party,"  1896 ; 
"The  Conquerors,"  1898;  "Under  Two  Flags,"  1901:  "The  Red  Kloof."  1902; 
"Notre  Dame"  and  "The  Schoolgirl,"  1904. 

Mr.  Potter's  town  address  is  Holland  House,  New  York. 

POWER,  TYRONE,  actor,  was  born  in  1866.     His  father,  Harold  Power, 
has  long  been  identified  with  stage  affairs  in  London,  and  his  grandfather, 
Harold  Power,  who  lost  his  life  in  the  sinking  of  the  steamer  President  in 
1841,  was  a  well  known  Irish  comedian.     Tyrone  Power  made  his  stage 
debut  November  29,  1886,  at  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  as  Gibson,  in  "The  Private  Secre- 
tary."    Later  he  played  with  Madame  Janauschek,  and  soon  afterward  became  a 
member  of  Angustin  Daly's  company.     For  ten  years  he  received  the  training  that 
has  made  many  actors  famous,  playing  both  minor  and  major  parts  in  the  New  York 
productions  of  the  noted  manager.     After  Mr.  Daly's  death  Mr.  Power  starred  in 
Australia,  and  in  July,  1902,  he  played  a  special  engagement  with  Sir  Henry  Irving 
in  London.     The  same  year  he  played  Judas  Iscariot,  in  Mrs.  Fiske's  production  of 

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"Mary  of  Magdala,"  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre,  making  in  that  role  one  of  the  chief 
successes  of  his  career.  He  next  was  starred  by  Charles  Frohman  as  Ulysses,  in 
his  production  of  Stephen  Phillips's  drama  of  that  name,  at  the  Garden  Theatre, 
New  York.  The  season  of  1904-'0o  he  supported  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter  in  David 
Belasco's  production  of  "Adrea."  Mr.  Power  married  Edith  Crane,  of  Boston. 


POWERS,  JAMES  T.,  comedian,  was  horn  in  Xew  York  April  26,  1862. 
and  educated  at  the  puhlic  schools  there.      He  was  a  Western  Union  mes- 
senger boy  for  a  time  and  alsc  a  clerk  in  a  tea  store.     His   first  stage 
venture  was  with  a  minstrel  troupe,  which  gave  one  performance  in  Mount 
Yernon,  N".  Yv  and  walked  home.     His  next  venture  was  at  Long  Branch.  X.  J.. 
where,  in  May,  1878,  he  did  a  knockabout  song  and  dance  in  a  variety  hall.     He 
then  formed  a  partnership  with  James  Carney  and  did   vaudeville  turns  for  two 

years.     Then  he  played  a  season  in  stock  at 
the  Eighth  Street  Theatre.  Xew  York. 

In  1882  Mr.  Powers  played  the  Police- 
man in  "Evangel  ine."  This  was  practically 
his  first  appearance  as  a  comedian  on  the 
legitimate  stage.  Pie  afterward  played  Chip, 
in  "Dreams,"'  with  Willie  Edouin.  and 
Grimes,  in  "A  Bunch  of  Keys."  He  went  to 
London  with  Edouin  the  following  year,  and 
after  a  season  at  the  Avenue  Theatre  toured 
with  the  Yokes  family.  He  was  in  a  revival 
of  "Chilperic,"  at  the  Empire  Theatre,  Lon- 
don, and  played  the  Emperor  of  Morocco,  in 
the  1884-'85  pantomime  of  "Whittington  and 
His  Cat,"  at  the  Drury  Lane  Theatre.  Re- 
turning to  this  country  in  1885,  he  played 
Rats,  in  "A  Tin  Soldier,"  for  two  years,  and 
in  1887  joined  the  Xew  York  Casino  Theatre 
Company,  his  first  part  being  Briolet,  in 

"The  Marquis."  In  this  role  he  made  his  first  big  success.  Succeeding  roles  were 
Parragas,  in  "Xadjy";  Jack  Point,  in  "The  Yeomen  of  the  Guard";  Gravolet,  in 
"The  Drum  Major,"  and  Cadeaux,  in  a  revival  of  "Erminie." 

Mr.  Powers's  first  starring  venture  was  with  "A  Straight  Tip,"  in  1890.  This 
was  followed  by  "A  Mad  Bargain,"  "Walker.  London,"  by  J.  M.  Barrie,  and  "The 
New  Boy,"  by  Arthur  Law,  after  which,  in  1897,  he  joined  the  Daly  musical 
comedy  company,  playing  Augustus  Biggs,  in  "The  Circus  Girl" ;  the  Chinaman,  in 
"The  Geisha,"  and  Flipper,  in  "A  Runaway  Girl,"  in  which  part  he  made  one  of 
the  chief  successes  of  his  career.  More  recent  plays  in  which  he  has  been  featured 
are  "The  Messenger  Boy"  and  "The  Jewel  of  Asia."  The  seasons  of  1905-'06-'0? 
he  played  in  "The  Blue  Moon,"  under  the  management  of  the  Shuberts. 


PROCTOR,  F.  F.,  vaudeville  manager,  is  a  native  of  Maine.     He  has  been 
a   leading  manager  of   vaudeville   for   thirty-one  years,   and  during  that 
time  has  succeeded  in  obtaining  control  of  a  great  number  of  the  promi- 
nent vaudeville  artists  who  make  tours  of  the  United  States.     He  began 
business  in  a  small  way,  but  gradually  extended  his  connections,  until  in  1890  he 
was  in  control  of  a  circuit  of  twelve  leading  theatres  in  all  parts  of  the  country, 

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which  enabled  him  to  make  long  engagements  with  his  artists,  a  fact,  which,  of 
course,    gave  him  a  hold  on  them  season  after  season. 

In  1889  he  built  his  theatre  in  23d  street,  New  York,  just  off  Sixth  avenue, 
and  ran  it  as  a  legitimate  house  until  1892,  when  he  changed  its  policy  to  the 
presentation  of  continuous  vaudeville,  on  which  lines  it  has  been  successfully  run 
ever  since.  In  1895  he  opened  the  Pleasure  Palace  in  East  58th  street  and  Third 
avenue,  which  is  one  of  the  largest  theatres  in  the  city.  This  house  was  built  espe- 
cially for  Mr.  Proctor.  In  1900  he  obtained  a  lease  of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre, 
Broadway  and  28th  street,  and  this  house  has  been  managed  by  him  since.  In  1906 
he  made  a  combination  with  B.  F.  Keith,  his  most  formidable  rival  in  the  vaude- 
ville field,  and  his  houses  are  all  now  under  control  of  the  Keith-Proctor  syndicate. 
Among  the  theatres  outside  New  York  under  the  management  of  Mr.  Proctor  are 
Proctor's  Theatre,  in  Albany;  the  new  Griswold  Opera  House,  in  Troy;  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  Boston;  Proctor's  Opera  House,  in  Hartford;  Proctor's  Opera  House, 
in  New  Haven ;  Proctor's  Grand  Opera  House,  in  Bridgeport ;  the  Novelty  Theatre, 
in  Brooklyn,  and  Proctor's  Grand  Opera  House,  in  Wilmington,  Del. 


RANKIN,  PHYLLIS  (MRS.  HARRY  DAVENPORT),  actress,  is  the 
daughter  of  McKee  Eankin,  and  went  on  the  stage  when  she  was  ten  years 
old,  as  the  child,  in  "Stormbeaten,"  with  her  father's  company.     She  did 
not  reappear  until  she  was  sixteen,  when  she  played  in  "Sarah,"  at  Wai- 
lack's  Theatre,  in  New  York.     Then  she  joined  the  Eose  Coghlan  company,  and 
afterward  supported  Mrs.  John  Drew  in  "The  Eivals"  and  other  old  English  com- 
edies.    After  gaining  stage  experience  she  rejoined  her  father  in  a  play  called 
"Cannuck,"  and  then  played  in  "The  Danites"  with  him.     She  is  the  only  woman 
who  ever  played  the  title  role  in  "An  Artful  Dodger."     When  she  was  nineteen  she 
married  Harry  Davenport,  the  actor.     She  created  the  part  of  Fifi,  in  "The  Belle 
of  New  York,"  and  in  this  she  made  a  distinctive  hit  in  London.     She  has  since 
chiefly  been  seen  in  "Glad  of  It,"  "It  Happened  in  Nordland,"  "Wolfville"  and 
"Glittering  Gloria." 


RANNEY,  FRANK,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston  August  6,  1863.  being  the 
son  of  Eichard  and   Catherine  Eanney.     He  founded  the  Hyde  Park 
(Mass.)  Dramatic  Club  in  1880,  and  appeared  with  that  organization  in 
many  amateur  performances.     His  first  professional  appearance  was  in 
the  chorus  of  "Buddygore"  at  the  Globe  Theatre,  Boston,  under  the  management 
of  John  Stetson.    His  first  important  role  was  that  of  Eocco,  in  "The  Mascot,"  with 
the  Boston  Gayety  Opera  Company.     In  the  last  twenty-two  years  he  has  been  with 
only  four  managers — John  Stetson,  George  A.  Baker,  Bessie  Bonehill  and  Henry  W. 
Savage — and  has  appeared  in  all  kinds  of  parts  in  125  comic  operas  in  all  sections 
of  the  country.     He  has  been  stage  manager  for  Henry  W.  Savage  for  eight  years. 

RAYMOND,  MISS  MAUD  (MRS.  ROGERS),  comedienne,  was  born 
in  Orchard  street,  New  York,  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  the 
East  Side.     She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  with  the  Eice  and 
Barton  company,  playing  small  parts,  and  afterward  joined  the  Harry 
Williams  Company,  with  which  organization  she  stayed  two  years.     After  a  season 
with  J.  J.  Sullivan,  in  "Bill's  Boot,"  she  joined  the  Irwin  brothers,  after  which 
she   was   with   the   Howard    Athenanim    Company   and    with   Fields   and   Hanson. 

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Miss  Raymond  made  her  first  marked  success  as  Bolivar,  in  Donnelly  and  Girard's 
"The  Rainmakers/'  after  which  she  joined  Tony  Pastor's  company,  playing  a  season 
of  fifteen  weeks,  and  then  doing  specialties  in  the  vaudeville  houses. 

In  1898  she  joined  the  Rogers  brothers,  making  her  first  appearance  in  "The 
Reign  of  Error."  The  following  season,  in  "The  Rogers  Brothers  in  Wall  Street," 
she  forsook  the  German  dialect  "business,"  in  which  she  had  become  popular,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  to  make  a  specialty  of  ragtime  songs.  As  Bozzy,  the  negro 
attendant  in  a  manicure  parlor,  she  was  one  of  the  features  in  "The  Social  Whirl/' 
at  the  Casino  Theatre,  Xew  York,  the  season  of  1905-'06,  the  song  "Bill  Simmons" 
being  one  of  the  specialties  of  her  performance. 


RAYMONDS,  MISS  FRANKIK  (MRS.  DAVID  HENDERSON), 
actress,  was  born  in  Salem,  Mass.,  in  1874.    When  a  child  she  evinced  an 
aptitude  for  the  stage,  appearing  in  amateur  theatricals,  and  finally  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  David  Henderson,  who,  in  1890  was  organizing 
a  company  for  the  production  of  Gilbert  and  Sullivan's  "Gondoliers."     She  obtained 
a  place  in  the  chorus,  and  after  a  few  weeks  the  management  intrusted  her  with  a 
small  part.    In  the  following  year  she  played  a  part  in  the  American  Extravaganza 

Company,  and  before  the  season  was  over 
appeared  as  the  principal  boy  and  principal 
girl,  which  she  continued  to  play  for  three 
rears. 

She  then  entered  larger  fields  and  has 
successfully  played  many  parts,  among  them 
being  Josephine,  in  "The  Lottery  of  Love"; 
Susan,  in  "Held  by  the  Enemy";  Edith,  in 
"Young  Mrs.  Winthrop" ;  Mrs.  Echo,  in  "A 
Crust  of  Society" ;  Susanne,  in  "A  Scrap  of 
Paper" ;  Mrs.  be  Pevster,  in  "The  Charity 
Ball";  Meg,  in  "Lord  Chumley";  Belinda,  in 
"Our  Boys,"  and  Sophie,  in  the  musical 
comedy  "A  Country  Girl."  She  also  suc- 
cessfully played  in  the  plays  made  famous  by 
the  late  Rosina  Arokes. 

The  fall  season  of  1906  Miss  Raymonde 
appeared  in  "The  Society  Policeman,"  sup- 
porting Guy  Standing,  under  the  Shubert 

management,  opening  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  on  October  8,  1906.     Miss  Raymonde 
was  married  to  David  Henderson  in  November,  1896. 


REHAN,  MISS  ADA,  actress,  was  born  in  Limerick,  Ireland,  on  April  22, 
1860.     She  was  brought  to  America  by  her  parents,  who  settled  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  in  1865.     In  1873  she  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage, 
at  Newark,  N.  J.,  as  Clara,  in  "Across  the  Continent."     The  same  year 
she  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  New  York  stage,  at  Wood's  Museum,  in 
"Thoroughbred."     In  18?3-'74  she  was  a  member  of  the  stock  company  at  the  Arch 
Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  and  in  1875  she  joined  the  stock  company  at  Barney 
Macauley's  Theatre,  in  Louisville,  Ky.     In  1877  she  was  employed  at  Albaugh's 
Theatre,  in  Albany,  X.  Y.,  and  in  1879  acted  at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  New  York, 
as  Mary  Standish,  in  Augustin  Daly's  play  of  "Pique."     In  May  of  the  same  year 


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she  appeared  at  the  Olympic  Theatre,  Xew  York,  as  Big  Clemenee,  and  later  as 
Virginie,  in  Augustin  Daly's  version  of  Zola's  "L'Assommoir."  On  September  17, 
1879,  Daly's  Theatre  was  opened  at  the  southwest  corner  of  Broadway  and  30th 
street,  and  Ada  Rehan  made  her  first  appearance  there,  playing  Nelly  Beers,  in 
"Love's  Young  Dream."  Then  began  her  long  association  with  Augustin  Daly  as 
the  leading  woman  of  his  company,  a  place  she  held  until  his  death,  and  in  which 
she  gained  her  laurels  as  one  of  America's  foremost  Shakespearian  actresses.  In  the 
next  five  years  she  appeared  there  in  "Wives,"  "An  Arabian  Xight,"  "Divorce," 
"Needles  and  Pins,"  '"Cinderella,"  "Quits,"  "Royal  Youth,"  "The  Passing  Regi- 
ment," "Odette,"  "The  Squire,"  "She  Would  and  She  Would  Xot,"  "Seven-Twenty- 
Eight,"  "The  Country  Girl"  and  "Red  Letter  Xights."  On  July  19,  1884,  she  made 
her  first  appearance  on  the  London  stage,  at  Toole's  Theatre,  the  engagement  lasting 
six  weeks.  This  was  the  beginning  of  Augustin  Daly's  theatrical  management  in 
London. 

In  1885  she  appeared  as  Sylvia,  in  "The  Recruiting  Officer";  Xisbe,  in  "A 
Xight  Off,"  and  Agatha  Posket,  in  "The  Magistrate,"  at  its  initial  production.  In 
1886  she  played  Mrs.  Ford,  in  "The  Merry  Wives  of  Windsor" ;  Xancy  Brasher,  in 
"Xancy  &  Co.,"  and  made  a  tour  abroad,  appearing  in  London,  at  the  Strand 
Theatre,  for  nine  weeks,  and  in  Paris,  Hamburg,  Berlin,  Edinburgh,  Glasgow,  Liver- 
pool and  Dublin.  On  January  18,  1887,  Mr.  Daly  produced  "Taming  of  the 
Shrew,"  for  the  first  time  in  America  with  the  Induction,  and  Miss  Rehan  gave 
her  first  performance  of  Katharine.  On  January  31,  1888,  she  made  her  first  ap- 
pearance as  Helena,  in  "A  Midsummer  Xight's  Dream."  The  same  year  she  played 
in  "Taming  of  the  Shrew"  at  the  Memorial  Theatre  at  Stratford-on-Avon.  and 
appeared  in  Paris,  p]dinburgh  and  Glasgow.  The  next  year,  1889,  was  marked  by 
her  first  performance  of  Oriana,  in  "The  Inconstant,"  at  Daly's  Theatre,  Xew  York, 
and  her  first  performance  of  Rosalind,  in  "As  You  Like  It."  In  1890  she  appeared 
as  Rosalind  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London,  and  in  1891  she  played  the  role  of 
Lady  Teazle  for  the  first  time.  That  year  she  also  officiated  at  the  laying  of  tin- 
cornerstone  of  Daly's  Theatre  in  London.  The  following  year,  on  March  17,  she 
appeared  as  Marian  Lea  in  the  first  production  of  Tennyson's  "The  Foresters."  at 
Daly's  Theatre.  Xew  York,  and  in  1892  she  appeared  as  Julia,  in  "The  Hunchback.** 
In  1893  she  appeared  as  Viola,  in  "Twelfth  Xight,"  for  the  first  time. 

On  June  27,  1893,  Daly's  Theatre,  in  London,  was  opened.  Miss  Rehan  acted 
there  from  June  27  to  May  7,  1894.  "Twelfth  Xight"  was  presented  one  hundred 
and  eleven  times,  and  "The  School  for  Scandal,"  with  Miss  Rehan  as  Lady  Teazle, 
over  fifty  times.  Thereafter  she  appeared  as  Julia,  in  "Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona" : 
as  Juliana,  in  "The  Honeymoon";  in  "The  Countess  Gucki"  and  in  "Love  on 
Crutches."  She  acted  Beatrice,  in  "Much  Ado  About  Nothing,"  for  the  first  time  at 
Daly's  Theatre  in  December,  189fi,  and  Meg  Merrlieg,  in  "The  Witch  of  Ellan- 
gowan,"  in  March  of  the  following  year.  In  1897  she  also  appeared  for  the  first 
time  as  Miranda,  in  "The  Tempest,"  at  Daly's  Theatre,  and  made  a  tour  abroad, 
playing  at  the  Shakespeare  Memorial  Theatre,  in  Stratford-on-Avon,  as  Rosalind, 
and  in  Newcastle,  Nottingham.  Birmingham,  Edinburgh,  Glasgow.  London,  Liver- 
pool and  Manchester.  She  began  the  season  of  1898-'99  at  Philadelphia,  playing 
Roxane,  in  "Cyrano  de  Bergerac."  After  a  tour  she  played  Portia,  in  "The  Mer- 
chant of  Venice,"  fifty-three  times  at  Daly's  Theatre,  Sidney  Herbert  playing  Shy- 
lock.  The  season  of  1899  she  created  the  role  of  Catherine  in  Mr.  Daly's  production 
of  "Madame  Sans-Gene,"  and  the  role  of  Lady  Garnet  in  the  production  of  the  melo- 
drama "The  Great  Ruby"  by  the  same  manager. 

When  Augustin  Daly  died,  on  June  7,  1899,  at  the  Continental  Hotel.  Paris,  Miss 
Rehan.  who  had  accompanied  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daly  abroad,  was  at  his  bedside,  and 

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she  was  a  passenger  on  the  steamer  which  brought  his  body  home.  In  Mr.  Daly's 
will  a  part  interest  in  the  manager's  Xew  York  and  London  theatres  was  bequeathed 
to  the  actress.  She  did  not  appear  on  the  stage  again  until  March.  1900.  when  she 
began,  at  Ford's  Opera  House,  Baltimore,  a  tour  which  included  thirty-one  cities 
and  lasted  until  May,  her  repertoire  consisting  of  "Taming  of  the  Shrew,"  "As  You 
Like  It,"  "The  School  for  Scandal"  and  "The  Country  Girl."  On  Xovember  28, 
1900,  she  plaj^ed  for  the  first  time  the  role  of  Nell  Gwynn.  in  "Sweet  Nell  of  Old 
Drury,"  by  Paul  Kester,  in  Buffalo,  and  in  December  of  the  same  year  played  the 
part  at  the  Knickerbocker  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

Her  mother,  Mrs.  Harriet  Crehan,  died  in  11)01  in  her  Brooklyn  home.  I"})  to 
the  spring  of  that  year  Miss  Rehan  played  her  repretoire  on  tour,  retiring  from  the 
stage  at  the  end  of  her  season  until  October,  1903,  when  she  opened  at  Atlantic 
City  in  "Taming  of  the  Shrew/'  with  Otis  Skinner  as  IVtruchio  and  George  Clarke 
as  Sly.  In  January,  1904,  she  appeared  as  Katharine  at  the  Lyric  Theatre,  Xew 
York :  as  Lady  Teazle,  and  as  Portia,  Otis  Skinner  being  the  Shylock.  The  fall 
season  of  that  year  she  opened  a  tour,  with  Charles  Richman  as  leading  man,  at 
Xew  Haven,  and  played  a  short  engagement  at  the  Liberty  Theatre,  Xew  York, 
appearing  there  as  Katharine  and  Lady  Teazle.  On  May  20,  1905,  she  sailed  for 
England,  it  being  reported  that  she  was  suffering  from  appendicitis.  She  returned 
to  Xew  York,  hut  another  severe  attack  of  illness  caused  her  to  cancel  her  engage- 
ments and  sail  again  to  England. 

Her  town  house  in  Xew  York  is  Xo.  164  West  93d  street. 


RICE,  EDWARD  EVERETT,  composer,  playwright  and  manager,  began' 
improvising  on  the  piano  when  he  was  only  eight  years  old.  His  first  ap- 
pearance on  the  stage  was  in  the  role  of  Francisco,  in  "Hamlet,"  in  Chi- 
cago, at  a  salary  of  $15  a  week.     He  had  risen  to  be  second  low  comedy 
man  when  he  decided  that  acting  was  not  his  forte.     He  went  to  Boston  and  there 
married  on  September  9,  1871,  Clara  E.  Rich,  a  daughter  of  the  theatrical  manager; 
Isaac  B.  Rich. 

Soon  afterward  Mr.  Rice  and  J.  Cheever  Goodwin  visited  the  Howard  Athenaeum 
in  Boston  to  see  the  Lydia  Thompson  Burlesquers.  They  decided  that  they  could 
produce  a  better  burlesque  than  the  one  they  saw  and  set  to  work,  Mr.  Rice  writing 
the  music  and  Mr.  Goodwin  the  text.  The  result  was  "Evangeline."  It  was  pro- 
duced at  Xiblo's  Garden,  Xew  York,  in  July,  1874,  with  William  H.  Crane  as  Le 
Blanc,  the  notary,  and  made  an  immediate  hit.  Among  the  other  actors  who  at 
various  times  played  in  this  burlesque  were  Henry  E.  Dixey,  Xat  C.  Goodwin,  Sol 
Smith  Russell,  Willie  Edouin,  Louis  Harrison,  Laura  Joyce,  Sadie  Martinot  and 
Pauline  Hall. 

After  the  enormous  success  of  "Evangeline"  Mr.  Rice  devoted  himself  to  bur- 
lesque and  produced  "Adonis,"  in  which  Henry  E.  Dixey  became  famous;  "Cin- 
derella at  School,"  "Excelsior,"  "Fun  on  the  Bristol,"  "Polly,"  "Hiawatha,"  "Seven 
Ages,"  "Horrors,"  "Robinson  Crusoe,"  "Revels,"  "A  Bottle'  of  Ink,"  "Babes  in  the 
Wood,"  "The  Corsair,"  "Pop,"  "Red  Riding  Hood"  and  "1492,"  the  last  named 
of  which  ran  for  487  nights  in  Xew  York,  at  Wallack's  and  the  Garden  theatres. 
In  many  of  these  he  collaborated  with  John  J.  Braham  and  others.  On  February 
15,  1900,  in  celebration  of  his  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of  management  the 
managers  of  Xew  York  gave  a  testimonial  for  him  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House, 
Xew  York.  The  summer  season  of  1906  Mr.  Rice  revived  at  the  Manhattan  Beach 
Theatre  one  of  his  earlier  productions,  "The  Girl  from  Paris." 

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RICE,  MYRON  B.,  manager,  was  born  in  East  Saginaw,  Mich.,  October  1. 
1864.  He  went  to  New  York  when  he  was  twelve  years  old  and  became 
an  office  boy  at  the  Grand  Opera  House.  He  soon  became  treasurer.  The 
following  season  he  went  on  the  road  as  treasurer  for  Madame  Modjeska. 
After  two  seasons  with  her  he  became  treasurer  for  Charles  Reid  and  William  Col- 
lier in  a  play  called  "Hoss  and  Hoss."  The  following  season  he  was  manager  for 
Edwin  F.  Mayo,  in  "Davy  Crockett,"  then  became  treasurer  for  "Faust  Up-to-Date," 
a  musical  comedy,  in  which  Kate  Castleton  was  the  star.  Henry  E.  Abbey  then 
engaged  him  to  take  charge  of  the  Sarasate  and  D'Albert  concert  tour  for  one 
season.  Next  year  he  was  treasurer  for  Mrs.  James  Brown  Potter  and  Kyrle  Bellew, 
and,  becoming  manager  for  them,  the  following  season  met  them  in  San  Francisco 
with  a  company  which  he  had  organized  in  New  York.  The  season  lasted  from 
Juhr  until  August  of  the  following  year.  The  productions  were  "Charlotte  Corday" 
and  "Therese."  The  following  year  Mr.  Eice  went  as  Mr.  Abbey's  representative 
with  Sir  Henry  Irving,  and  remained  in  that  capacity  during  the  two  seasons  Mr. 
Abbe}7  brought  Sir  Henry  to  this  country. 

Mr.  Rice  then  went  into  business  on  his  own  account,  forming  a  partnership  with 
William  G.  Smyth  under  the  firm  name  of  Smyth  &  Rice.  Their  first  production 
was  "My  Friend  from  India,"  which  enjoyed  a  worldwide  reputation.  This  was 
followed  by  "The  Man  from  Mexico,"  with  William  Collier  as  star.  After  a  season 
of  four  years  the  firm  of  Smyth  &  Rice  was  dissolved,  and  Mr.  Rice  became  manager 
of  "The  Wizard  of  Oz"  and  "Babes  in  Toy  land'"  companies,  remaining  with  the 
latter  until  burned  out  at  San  Francisco  after  the  earthquake.  After  that  he  asso- 
ciated himself  with  Colonel  Edward  A.  Braden  as  general  manager  of  his  various 
theatrical  enterprises. 

REYELLE,  HAMILTON,  actor,  was  born  at  Moorish  Castle,  Gibraltar, 
his  mother  being  a  Spaniard  and  his  father  a  Swede.     He  went  to  Eng- 
land at  an  early  age,  and  was  educated  there.    His  first  stage  engagement 
was  with  the  company  of  the  late  Augustin  Daly,  at  Daly's  Theatre,  New 
York,  in  "The  Magistrate,"  he  then  being  sixteen  years  old.     He  remained  there 
five  seasons,  twice  going  abroad  with  the  company.     He  left  Mr.  Daly  to  return 
to  England,  and  played  many  leading  r<3les  with  Mr.  Beerbohm  Tree  at  the  Hay- 
market  Theatre.    He  next  appeared  at  the  Drury  Lane  Theatre  under  the  manage- 
ment of  the  late  Augustus  Harris,  playing  the  juvenile  leads  in  "Cheer,  Boys, 
Cheer,"  and  "The  Derby  Winner."    After  playing  a  season  with  Sir  Charles  Wynd- 
ham  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  he  was  engaged  by  Cyril  Maude  and  Winifred  Emery 
for  a  two  years'  stay  at  the  Haymarket.    His  second  visit  to  the  United  States  was 
as  leading  man  for  Olga  Nethersole. 

He  was  the  original  Jean  Gaussin  in  the  much  discussed  "Sapho."  and  was 
co-defendant  with  her  in  the  suit  brought  to  stop  the  production  of  the  play  in 
which  the  staircase  scene  caused  such  widespread  discussion.  The  suit  failed,  and 
the  production  continued.  He  left  Miss  Nethersole's  company  after  two  years  to 
become  leading  man  for  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter,  in  David  Belasco's  production  of  "Du 
Barry,"  in  which  he  played  De  Cosse-Brissac.  In  1905-'06  he  again  became  leading 
man  for  Miss  Nethersole.  touring  the  United  States  with  her  and  creating  the 
original  man's  part  in  Hervieu's  "The  Labyrinth."  His  residence  is  at  No.  6 
Biste  street,  South  Kensington,  London,  S.  W.,  but  he  also  has  apartments  in  Paris, 
spending  his  leisure  time  in  the  two  cities.  His  chief  diversions  are  painting  and 
photography.  He  exhibits  his  photographic  work  yearly  at  exhibitions  in  Paris 
and  London,  and  has  won  many  medals  and  prizes. 

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RICHMAN,  CHARLES  J.,  actor,  was  horn  in  Chicago  in  1870.     After 
completing  his  education  he  studied  law,  but  devoted  most  of  his  attention 
to  amateur  dramatic  clubs,  and  when  twenty   rears  old  decided  to  adopt 
the  stage  as  a  profession.     He  went  to  New  York  and  got  an  engagement 
as  leading  man  with  a  travelling  company  playing  melodrama.    When  the  late  James 
A.  Herne  produced  "Margaret  Fleming-"  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre   Mr.  Eichman 
created  the  part  of  Philip  Fleming,  thus  making  his  first  New  York  appearance. 
He  next  played  the  Stranger,  in  "Hannele,"  and  then  became  a  member  of  A.  M. 
Palmer's  stock  company  during  the  season  of  1894-'95,  playing  in  ''New  Blood/' 
"The  New  Woman"  and  "Esmeralda."    He  also  supported  Mrs.  Langtry  in  '"Gossip." 
The  following  season  Mr.  Eichman  was  leading  man  of  the  Stockwell  Stock  Com- 
pany in  San  Francisco,  opening  in  "Diplomacy."     He  then  returned  to  New  York 
and  joined  the  Daly  company,  making  his  first  appearance  with  that  organization 
as  Bruon  von  Neuhof,  in  "The  Countess  Glucki."     On  the  death  of  Mr.  Daly   Mr. 
Eichman  was  engaged  by  Charles  Frohman  to  support  Miss  Annie  Eussell  in  "Miss 
Hobbs,"  playing  the  part  of  Wolff  Kingsearl.     In  1900  Mr.  Eichman  played  the 
Prince  Victor  of  Kurlaud  with  Annie  Eussell,  in  "A  Boyal  Family,"  and  then 
the  Judge,  in  "Mrs.  Dane's  Defence"  with  the  Empire  Theatre  Company.     Early 
in  1901  he  played  Julian  Beauclerc,  in  "Diplomacy."     Mr.  Eichman  then  starred  in 
"Captain  Barrington"  and  other  plays  and  has  been  seen  in  a  vaudeville  sketch. 


ROBERTS,  MISS  FLORENCE,  actress,  was  born  in  New  York  in  1871. 
At  the  age  of  seventeen  she  made  her  debut  on  the  stage  as  a  super  in 
"Arrah-na-Pogue,"  at  the  Baldwin  Theatre,  San  Francisco.  In  1889,  after 
a  year  of  utility  work,  Miss  Eoberts  appeared  as  Helle,  in  "Clito,"  at  the 
Baldwin  Theatre.  Soon  afterward  she  was  married  to  Lewis  Morrison,  and  from  a 
minor  role  in  his  "Faust"  she  became  Marguerite.  During  the  first  popular  regime 
of  the  Alcazar  Stock  Company  in  San  Francisco  Mr.  Morrison  and  Miss  Eoberts 
played  "Faust"  there,  and  the  personal  success  of  Miss  Eoberts  was  so  marked  that 
she  was  made  leading  Avoman  of  the  Alcazar  Stock  Company.  As  such  she  played 
the  principal  feminine  roles  in  "Hamlet,"  "Bichelieu,"  "The  Merchant  of  Venice." 
"Borneo  and  Juliet,"  "Yorick's  Love,"  "The  Master  of  Ceremonies,"  "Ingomar." 
"East  Lynne,"  "Camille"  and  "Frederick  the  Great."  Her  most  successful  roles 
were  Camille,  Juliet,  Portia,  Ophelia,  Parth.cn  ia.  La  Tosca  and  Pesrgy,  in  "The 
Country  Girl." 

Belasco  and  Meyes  then  starred  her  in  a  tour  of  the  Pacific  Coast  in  which  she 
appeared  in  "Zaza,"  "Sapho,"  "Marta  of  the  Lowlands,"  "The  Unwelcome  Mrs. 
Hatch,"  "Magda,"  "A  Doll's  House,"  "Giaconda,"  "Miranda  of  the  Balcony"  and 
"Tess  of  the  D'TJrbervilles."  In  October,  1905,  Miss  Eoberts  went  under  the  man- 
agement of  John  Cort.  manager  of  the  Northwestern  Theatrical  Association.  He 
produced  "Ann  La  Mont,"  by  Paul  Armstrong,  witli  Miss  Eoberts  as  star,  at  Salt 
Lake  City,  and  followed  it  on  January  28  at  Denver  with  "Thje  Strength  of  the 
Weak,"  by  Alice  M.  Smith  and  Charlotte  Thompson,  which  after  a  Western  tour 
was  produced  at  the  Liberty  Theatre,  New  York,  on  April  17.  This  marked  Miss 
Eoberts's  entry  into  New  York  as  a  star.  In  September,  1906,  she  went  on  tour 
with  "The  Strength  of  the  Weak." 

Early  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year  her  husband,  Lewis  Morrison,  died  after  a 
brief  illness. 

Miss  Eoberts  is  an  active  member  of  the  Actors'  Fund.  She  is  an  expert  whip. 
Her  home  is  Morrison's  Manor,  Nepperham  Heights,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 

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MISS     ELEANOR     ROBSON. 

(Photograph  copyright  by  F.  S.  Clark,  Detroit.) 


ROBSON,  MISS  ELEAXOK  ELISE,  actress,  was  born  in  Wigan.  Lanca- 
shire, England,  being  the  daughter  of  Charles  an. I  Madge  Carr  Robson. 
Following  the  death  of  her  husband,  the  mother  brought  her  daughter  to 
America.  It  was  not  long  before  the  blood  of  three  generations  of  artists 
began  to  assert  itself,  and,  placing  her  young  daughter  with  the  Sisters  of  St.  Peter's 
Academy,  Staten  Island,  the  mother  entered  the  theatrical  profession,  where  she  lias 
for  many  years,  as  Madge  Carr  Cook,  held  high  and  honored  place.  Miss  Kobson 
was  graduated  from  her  school  in  189?  and  started  immediately  for  San  Francisco. 
where  Mrs.  Cook  was  playing  with  the  Frawley  Stock  Company  at  the  California 
Theatre.  The  very  day  of  Miss  Robson's  arrival  the  actress  cast  for  the  part  of 
Marguerite  Knox  in  "Men  and  Women"  fell  ill,  and  the  youthful  and  inexperienced 
convent  graduate  was  asked  if  she  could  undertake  the  role.  She  said  she  could, 
and  she  did.  The  result  was  a  surprising  and  most  remarkable  triumph,  one  which 
fixed  the  future  career  of  the  already  ambitious  young  woman.  Her  progress  was 
rapid  and  most  pronounced.  Her  inborn  art.  her  youth,  grace  and  beauty  created 
a  genuine  sensation  in  the  Pacific  metropolis,  and  before  the  season  was  ended  offers 
of  more  remunerative  engagements  began  to  pour  in  on  her. 

Her  second  season  she  played  leading  parts  with  the  Salisbury  Stock  Company 
in  Milwaukee,  and  later  with  the  stock  company  at  Elitch's  Gardens,  Denver,  then 
in  the  hejrday  of  its  fame.  On  August  21.  181)9,  she  created  the  part  of  Bonita 
Canby,  in  Augustus  Thomas's  "Arizona,"  under  Kirke  La  Shelle's  management,  at 
the  Grand  Opera  House,  Chicago,  and  won  instant  recognition.  When  "Arizona" 
was  presented  at  the  Herald  Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  Mrs.  Sara  Cowell  Le 
Moyne  was  playing  under  Liebler  &  Co.'s  management  at  Wallack's,  and  it  was 
during  this  engagement  that  George  C.  Tyler  arranged  for  his  special  single  matine( 
presentation  of  Browning's  "In  a  Balcony."  Otis  Skinner  was  the  Xorbert  and 
Mrs.  Le  Moyne  the  Queen,  and  it  was  hoped  to  obtain  Miss  Julia  Marlowe  for  tin- 
part  of  Constance.  Mr.  Tyler  had  seen  Miss  Robson's  work,  however,  and  had 
great  faith  in  her  art,  and  so  the  part  of  Constance  was,  with  Mr.  La  Shelle's  con- 
sent, offered  to  and  accepted  by  her.  Her  achievement  was  amazing,  and  a  spring 
tour  of  Browning's  "In  a  Balcony,"  with  the  same  cast,  followed.  Miss  Kobson 
passed  under  the  management  of  Liebler  &  Co.,  where  she  has  since  remained. 

Her  subsequent  undertakings  have  always  been  of  high  grade,  and  her  achieve- 
ments a  theme  of  constant  comment.  She  created  the  role  of  Flossie  Williams,  in 
"Unleavened  Bread,"  and  was  the  Mile,  de  la  Yire  to  Kyrle  Bellew's  De  Marsac  in 
"A  Gentleman  of  France."  She  was  first  starred  by  Liebler  &  Co.  in  "Audrey." 
She  was  the  Juliet  in  Liebler  &  Co.'s  famous  all  star  cast  of  "Romeo  and  Juliet." 
with  Kyrle  Bellow  as  Romeo,  Eben  Plympton  as  Mercutio  and  W.  H.  Thompson  as 
Friar  Lawrence.  Miss  Robson's  triumphs  in  London  and  America  in  the  Israel 
Zangwill  comedy  "Merely  Mary  Ann"  were  phenomenal,  the  London  success  sur- 
passing that  of  any  presentation  by  an  American  dramatic  artist  since  Ada  Rehan 
took  that  city  by  storm.  Her  Kate  Hardcastle  in  the  special  production  of  "She 
Stoops  to  Conquer"  will  be  long  remembered.  Her  creations  of  last  season  in  Jerome 
and  Clyde  Fitch  plays  will  be  witnessed  by  Xew  Yorkers  this  season,  for  they  are 
included  in  her  extraordinary  repertoire  for  the  entire  season's  engagement  at  the 
Liberty  Theatre,  a  repertoire  in  which  are  new  plays  by  Edmond  Rostand.  Israel 
Zangwill,  Jerome  K.  Jerome,  Mrs.  Humphry  Ward.  Louis  X.  Parker,  Clyde  Fitch, 
C.  Haddon  Chambers,  Leo  Ditrichstein,  Eugene  Presbrey.  C.  S.  McClellan  and 
other  well  known  playwrights.  Miss  Robson's  address  is  care  of  Liebler  &  Co., 
1402  Broadway,  Xew  York. 


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ROCKWELL,  MISS  FLORENCE,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  July  y, 
1880.     Her  parents,  Theodore  J.  and  Amanda  Eockwell,  were  not  con- 
nected in  any  way  with  the  theatre,  but  her  father  was  unusually  gifted 
as  a  mimic,  and  from  her  earliest  childhood  Florence  showed  her  dramatic- 
bent.    What  might  be  called  her  first  public  appearance  was  when  as  a  child  of  four 
years  her  father  lifted  her  to  a  table  on  the  floor  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange, 
where  she  recited  a  repertoire  of  baby  pieces  for  an  applauding  audience  of  St.  Louis 

brokers.  From  that  time  on  she  was 
frequently  facing  the  footlights  in  ama- 
teur performances,  principally  as  a 
dancer,  an  accomplishment  which  she 
has  always  retained,  and  in  which  she 
has  become  very  expert,  although  she 
has  had  little  opportunity  to  make  use 
of  it  in  any  of  her  roles. 

At  the  age  of  twelve  her  familv 
moved  to  New  York  and  her  mother 
placed  her  under  the  tutelage  of  Rose 
Eytinge  with  the  idea  that  some  day 
she  might  go  on  the  stage.  One  after- 
noon when  Thomas  W.  Keene  was  call- 
ing upon  Rose  Eytinge  she  spoke  to 
him  of  the  talented  child  she  had  been 
training.  Mr.  Keene  expressed  a  desire 
to  hear  her  read,  and  Florence  went 
through  some  scenes  from  "Romeo  and 
Juliet."  The  veteran  actor  was  so  im- 
pressed that  a  few  weeks  later  he  made 
Miss  Rockwell  an  offer  to  play  leading 
parts  in  his  company.  His  managers 
scouted  the  idea  that  a  child  could  play 
leading  parts  in  Shakespearian  reper- 
toire. But  Mr.  Keene  had  faith,  and 

Miss  Rockwell  made  her  debut  as  Julie  de  Mortemar,  in  ''Richelieu,"  in  Pittsburg, 
following  it  in  the  same  week  with  Desdemona,  Ophelia  and  Juliet.  She  was  one  of 
the  youngest  Juliets  who  ever  played  in  this  country,  being  fourteen  years  old,  and 
she  was  advertised  as  a  Shakespearian  prodigy.  Some  of  her  St.  Louis  friends 
offered  to  back  her  as  a  star,  but  she  declined. 

After  the  engagement  with  Mr.  Keene  Miss  Rockwell  appeared  with  James 
O'Neill  as  Ophelia,  as  Virginia,  in  "Virginius";  Julie,  in  "The  Lyons  Mail,"  and 
Mercedes,  in  "Monte  Cristo."  She  created  the  part  of  Meg  Ronalds,  in  Charles 
Kline's  play,  "Hon.  John  Grigsby,"  with  Sol  Smith  Russell.  Then  came  Mary 
Horneck,  in  Augustus  Thomas's  "Oliver  Goldsmith,"  with  Stuart  Robson,  in  which 
Miss  Rockwell  made  her  first  Broadway  success.  The  following  summer  she  played 
Camille  at  the  head  of  a  special  company  at  the  Tremont  Theatre,  Boston,  her 
playing  winning  for  her  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of  the  Boston  public.  She  then 
joined  Henry  Miller's  company,  appearing  with  it  in  New  York  as  Elizabeth 
Wilbur,  in  "Richard  Savage,"  and  Pamela,  in  "D'Arcy  of  the  Guards,"  and  in  a 
variety  of  leading  roles  during  Mr.  Miller's  summer  stock  season  at  the 
Columbia  Theatre,  San  Francisco.  She  was  then  engaged  by  Klaw  &  Erlanger, 
playing  first  Clara  J..  in  George  V.  Hohart's  farce,  "John  Henry,"  and  later 
Hermia,  in  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream,"  with  Nat  Goodwin.  After  playing  the 

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heroine  in  Henry  W.  Savage's  production  of  "Common  Sense  Bracket"  Miss 
Rockwell  was  especially  engaged  to  play  Xora.  in  "A  Doll's  House/"  supported  by 
the  Proctor  company,  at  the  Fifth  Avenue  Theatre,  Xe\v  York. 


ROBSOX,   MISS    MAY    (MUS.    ATGUSTUS    II.    BUOWX),  actress, 
was  born  in  Australia,  the  name  of  her  parents  being   iiobison    and  her 
father  being  an  officer  in  the  British   Xavy.     A  typographical  error  was 
responsible  for  Miss  Robison  becoming  known  as  Hobson.     She  was  edu- 
cated in  Paris  and  Belgium.     While  she  was  still  a  girl  she  ran  away  from  home 
and  was  married.     A  few  years  later  she   found   herself  a   widow   in    New   York, 
friendless,  almost  penniless  and  with  three  young  children.     Two  died  during  her 
struggle  with  poverty.     She  made  only  a  scant  living  by  painting  china  and  menu 
cards,  and  almost  in  desperation  <he  turned  to  the  stage'. 

She  had  had  absolutely  no  experience  when  she  was  engaged  to  play  a  small  part 
in  "The  Hoop  of  Gold."  a  melodrama,  under  the  management  of  Marbury  and 
Overton,  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre.  Xew  York,  in  1883,  She  made  such  a 
success  of  Tilly,  a  "slavey,"  that  she  was  engage*1  by  Daniel  Frohman  for  the 
Lyceum  Theatre.  Passing  to  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  she  remained 
with  the  Empire  Theatre  company  for  eighteen  years,  playing  character  parts  in 
nearly  all  its  productions,  prominent  among  which  wer:,  Poulette.  in  "The  Con- 
querors"; Miss  Ashford,  in  "The  Private  Secretary":  Artemise.  in  "A  Xight's 
Session,"  and  Veranda,  in  "Foregone  Conclusions." 

Miss  Robson,  in  addition  to  being  an  adept  in  the  art  of  make-up,  has  more 
than  once  invented  original  effects  in  connection  with  her  character  acting,  most 
notable  among  which  were  her  "third  leg,"  in  "The  Poet  and  the  Puppets."  and 
her  "trick"  wig,  in  "The  Councillor's  Wife." 

Miss  Robson  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  Augustus  H.  Brown,  a  Xew  York  physician. 


ROMA,  MME.  CARO,  actress  and  vocalist,  was  born  in  California,  her 
father  being  a  forty-niner,  and  has  Italian,  French,  Spanish  and  English 
blood  in  her  veins.  She  made  her  first  stage  appearance  when  she  was  three 
years  old  in  Platt's  Hall,  San  Francisco,  and  has  been  continuously  be- 
hind the  footlights  ever  since.  She  continued  playing  child's  parts,  principally  in 
opera,  until  she  was  fifteen  years  old,  studying  music  in  the  mean  time,  when  she 
became  the  leader  of  the  orchestra  with  the  first  "Cinderella"  company  in  America. 
For  a  time  while  she  was  still  in  her  teens  she  conducted  a  French  opera  company 
in  a  tour  through  Canada  under  the  management  of  Tom  Maguire.  Her  musical 
education  was  completed  at  the  Xew  England  Conservatory  of  Music  in  Boston,  and 
she  then  at  once  entered  on  her  operatic  career.  She  was  the  first  prima  donna  of 
the  original  Castle  Square  Opera  Company,  organized  by  Henry  W.  Savage  in 
Boston.  Returning  to  San  Francisco  she  joined  the  opera  company  at  the  Tivori 
Opera  House  and  continued  with  it  for  several  years,  playing  the  chief  parts  in  all 
the  well  known  operas.  While  Grover  Cleveland  was  President  she  was  the  soloist 
with  the  United  States  Marine  Band.  When  Mascagni.  in  his  memorable  visit  to 
this  country,  conducted  a  performance  of  his  "Cavalleria  Rusticana"  at  San  Fran- 
cisco Mine.  Roma  was  the  Santuzza.  For  the  last  seven  years  she  has  been  singing 
in  grand  opera  in  the  Continental  capitals.  Just  before  her  death  Queen  Victoria 
decorated  Mine.  Roma  at  Windsor  Castle.  Her  best  known  songs  are  "Violets," 
"Resignation"  and  "Wandering  One."  She  is  the  author  of  "Some  Idle  Moments." 
Residence,  Lauderdale  Mansions,  Mai  da  Vale,  London. 

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RING,  MISS  FRANCES,  actress,  really  began  her  stage  career  with  Julia 
Marlowe,  from  whom  she  received  training  and  instruction.     She  left  the 
Marlowe  company  to  play  with  Amelia  Bingham,  in  "The  Climbers."     An 
engagement  with  Charles  Kichman  followed,  and  this  was  succeeded  by  a 
role  in  George  Ade's  "The  County  Chairman."     The  seasons  of  1905-'06  she  had 
the  stellar  role  in  another  Ade  comedy,  "The  College  Widow." 


ROGERS,  GUS  and  MAX  (THE  ROGERS  BROTHERS),  comedians, 
have  always  been  so  closely  associated  that  it  is  practically  impossible  to 
separate  them,  even  in  a  biographical  sketch.     They  made  their  first  pro- 
fessional appearance  in  a  song  and  dance  act  at  the  National  Theatre,  on 
the  Bowery,  New  York,  in  1885.     It  was  four  years  later  when  they  first  appeared 
as  Dutch  knockabout  comedians  at  Tony  Pastor's  Theatre,  New  York,  where  their 
act  made  such  a  success  that  they  stayed  the  entire  season.     After  seasons  with 
Tom  Miaco's  City  Club  Company,  Eeilly  and  Wood,  and  Hart's  Boston  Novelty 
Company,  they  returned  to  Tony  Pastor. 

They  first  organized  their  own  company  in  1893,  and  after  a  season  on  the 
road  were  again  seen  at  Pastor's.  A  season  with  Field  and  Hanson  followed.  In 
1905  they  were  a  feature  of  Donnelly  and  Girard's  farce  comedy  "The  Rain 
Makers."  In  19 —  they  first  appeared  at  Koster  &  Bial's,  in  New  York,  and  the 
following  year  they  created  the  leading  comedy  parts  in  "One  Round  of  Pleasure," 
at  the  Knickerbocker  Theatre,  New  York.  In  1898,  as  joint  stars,  they  started  in 
"vaudeville-comedies"  especially  written  for  them  by  John  J.  McNally,  the  first  of 
which  was  "A  Reign  of  Error."  This  was  followed  by  "The  Rogers  Brothers  in 
Wall  Street."  The  seasons  of  1906-'07  they  appeared  in  "The  Rogers  Brothers  in 
Ireland." 

RYLEY,  MADELINE  LUCETTE  (MRS.  J.  H.  BYLEY),  playwright, 
was  born  in  London,  England.     She  first  was  an  actress,  and  made  her  first 
appearance  on  the  stage  at  the  age  of  fourteen.     For  several  years  she 
played  with  provincial  companies  on  tours.     Tiring  of  this,  she  decided  to 
try  her  hand  at  playmaking.     Her  first  effort  was  a  comedy  for  Nat  C.  Goodwin 
called   "An  American   Citizen,"   produced   in   1890.     Since  then  she  has  written 
twenty-seven  plays,  all  of  which  have  been  successful  from  a  business  point  of  view. 
Among  them  are  "Christopher,  Jr.,"  written  for  John  Drew;   "Lady  Jemima," 
"Valentine  Days"  and  "A  Coat  of  Many  Colors."     She  is  the  wife  of  J.  H.  Ryley, 
the  comedian. 


ROSENFELD,   SYDNEY,   playwright,  was  born  in  Richmond,   Ya..  on 
October  26,  1855,  and  educated  in  the  public  schools.     Going  to  New  York 
in  early  life,  he  engaged  in  literary  pursuits  and  became  the  first  editor 
of  "Puck."     His  first  play,  "A  Possible  Case,"  was  followed  by  "Imagina- 
tion," "The  Club  Friend,"  "The  Politician,"  "A  Man  of  Ideas"  and  "A  House  of 
Cards."     His  first  great  success  was  "The  Senator,"  in  which  W.  H.  Crane  first 
appeared  as  an  individual  star.     He  wrote  "The  Lady  or  the  Tiger"  and  "The 
Mocking  Bird,"  a  light  opera,  in  which  Mabelle  Gilman  starred ;  "The  Passing 
•Show"  and  "The  Giddy  Throng,"  for  the  Casino  Theatre,  and  "The  King's  Car- 
nival," "The  Hall  of  Fame"  and  "The  Vanderbilt  Cup,"  the  last  named  of  which 
was  produced  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  New  York,  in  the  spring  of  190(5.  and  in 

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which  Elsie  Janis  first  became  a  star.  Mr.  Rosenfeld  also  adapted  "The  White 
Horse  Tavern,"  "The  Two  Escutcheons,''  "The  Black  Hussar"  and  "Prince 
Methusalem."  He  is  one  of  the  chief  promoters  of  a  plan  for  a  national  theatre. 


ROSS,  THOMAS  W.,  actor,  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  in  1892 
with  the  Boston  Museum  Stock  Company  and  remained  with  that  organiza- 
tion until  its  dissolution.     Then  followed  a  thirty  weeks'  season  with  the 
Grand  Opera  House  Stock  Company,  of  Boston.     The  seasons  of  1895  and 
1896  he  spent  in  Denver  and  Kansas  City.     Then  he  became  a  member  of  the  stock 
company  of  the  Avenue  Theatre.   Pittsburg.   Penn.,   playing,  among  other  parts, 
Tony  Lumpkin  and  Bob  Acres.     On  the  reorganization  of  that  company,  which  was 
transferred  to  the  Grand   Opera   House,  Mr.   Ross  was  engaged  for  leading  light 
comedy  and  juvenile  roles.     At   the   Park   Theatre,   Brooklyn,   in   the   revival  of 
"Trilby,"  he  was  cast  for  Little  Billee,  with  Henrietta  Crosman  as  Trilby.     Among 
his  successes  during  the  last  few  years  have  been  the  roles  of  Augustus  Keen  Shaver, 
in  "My  Friend  from  India";  Tweenways,  in  "The  Amazons";  Hypocrite  Caromel,  in 
"Nerves," "and  John  Baristock,  in  "His  Excellency  the  Governor."     He  made  his 
chief  success  as  a  star  in  "Checkers,"  and  the  season  of  1906  played  Robert  Rand 
in  the  Cohan  play  "Popularity,"  which  opened  at  Wallack's  Theatre  October  1. 


RUSSELL,  MISS  ANNIE  (MRS.  OSWALD  YORKE),  actress,  was 
born  in  Liverpool,  England,  in  1864  and  taken  to  Canada  when  a  little 
child.  She  made  her  first  public  appearance  as  Jeanne,  in  "Miss  Multon," 
with  Rose  Eytinge  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  Montreal.  At  the  end  of  a 
season  Miss  Russell  went  to  New  York  and  joined  Haverly's  Juvenile  "Pinafore" 
Company  as  a  member  of  the  chorus.  A  few  months  later  she  was  singing  Josephine. 
She  later  appeared  as  the  little  boy,  in  "Rip  Yan  Winkle."  with  Robert  McWade, 
and  as  Little  Eva,  in  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin." 

After  a  tour  to  the  West  Indies  and  when  only  fifteen  years  old  Miss  Russell 
made  a  big  success  in  "Esmeralda,"  by  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett,  at  the  Madison 
Square  Theatre,  New  York,  playing  the  part  there  350  times  and  nearly  a  thousand 
times  altogether. 

Miss  Russell  was  married  to  Eugene  Wiley  Presbrey,  then  stage  manager  of  the 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  in  Buffalo  November  6,  1884.  Thirteen 
years  later  she  obtained  a  divorce. 

After  playing  in  "Pique,"  "Confusion"  and  "Hazel  Kirke"  she  joined  A.  M. 
Palmer's  Madison  Square  Theatre  Stock  Company.  She  played  the  ingenue  roles 
and  made  marked  successes  as  Lady  Vavir,  in  W.  S.  Gilbert's  "Broken  Hearts"; 
Sylvia,  in  "Our  Society,"  and  Elaine,  in  George  Parsons  Lathrop's  adaptation  of 
Tennyson's  "Idylls  of  the  King."  She  also  played  in  "Moths,"  "Engaged"  and 
"Sealed  Instructions."  Two  years  later  Miss  Russell  was  compelled  to  retire  by 
illness,  and  from  1889  to  1894  she  was  lost  to  the  stage.  Early  in  1891  a  monster 
benefit  was  held  for  her,  the  performance,  at  Palmer's  Theatre,  New  York,  netting 
$5,000  for  her.  She  made  her  reappearance,  fully  recovered,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  Charles  Frohman,  in  A.  M.  Palmer's  company  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New 
York,  in  the  spring  of  1894  in  the  leading  part  in  Sydney  Grundy's  "The  New 
Woman."  This  was  followed  by  "Lethe's  Dream"  and  Rosalind,  in  "Romeo's 
First  Love." 

The  following  season  she  was  leading  woman  for  Nat  Goodwin,  in  "David  Gar- 
rick."  "Ambition"  and  "In  Mizzoura."  There  followed  in  succession  star  appear- 

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auces  in  Bret  Harte's  "Sue"  and  as  Betty,  in  "The  Mysterious  Mr.  Bugle/'  and  sup- 
port of  Sol  Smith  Russell,  in  "A  Bachelor's  Romance."  After  playing  in  the  one  act 
play  "Daingerfield,  '95,"  and  a  special  matinee  of  "The  Scenario,"  Miss  Russell  went 
to  London  in  1898  and  played  "Sue"  and  "Daingerfield,  '95,"  at  the  Garrick,  meeting 
with  much  praise.  She  returned  to  the  United  States  at  the  head  of  her  own 
company  the  same  year  and  appeared  as  Catherine,  in  the  play  of  that  name.  The 
season  of  1899-1901  she  starred  in  "Miss  Hobbs,"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  New 
York,  for  five  months;  1901-'02  in  "The  Royal  Family,"  which  held  the  Lyceum 
stage  for  six  months,  and  1902-'03  in  "The  Girl  and  the  Judge,"  which  ran  until 
1904  at  the  old  Lyceum.  The  season  of  1904-'05  she  appeared  in  "Mice  and 
Men"  and  "Brother  Jaques,"  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  in  "Jinny, 
the  Carrier,"  at  the  Criterion.  In  1905  she  again  went  to  London,  "playing  the 
title  role  in  Bernard  Shaw's  "Major  Barbara."  On  March  27,  1904,  Miss  Russell  was 
married  to  Oswald  Yorke,  an  English  actor. 

RUSSELL,  MISS  LILLIAN  LEONARD,  light  opera  prima  donna  and 
actress,  was  born  in  Clinton,  Iowa,  December  4,  1861,  her  father,  Charles 
E.  Leonard,  being  the  proprietor  and  editor  of  "The  Clinton  Weekly 
Herald,"  and  was  christened  Helen  Louise  Leonard.  Her  mother,  Mrs. 
•Cynthia  Leonard,  was  well  known  as  a  woman's  rights  advocate.  In  1865  her  family 
moved  to  Chicago,  where  she  was  educated  in  the  Convent  of  the  Sacred  Heart,  and 
studied  vocal  and  violin  music.  Her  first  performance  as  an  amateur  was,  as  a  pupil, 
in  Chickering  Hall,  Chicago,  on  which  occasion  she  sang  two  songs.  While  she  was 
singing  in  the  choir  of  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  Chicago,  she  was  studying 
singing  with  Madame  Jennivalh',  who  encouraged  her  in  her  ambition  for  the  grand 
opera  stage.  She  went  to  Xew  Yrork  and  studied  further  for  grand  opera  under  the 
late  Dr.  Damrosch.  It  was  in  1879  that  she  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage, 
Mrs.  William  E.  Sinn  prevailing  on  her  to  appear  in  the  chorus  of  Edward  E.  Rice's 
"Pinafore"  company  for  the  sake  of  the  stage  experience.  The  engagement  lasted 
only  two  months,  but  resulted  in  the  marriage  of  Miss  Leonard  to  Harry  Braham.  the 
musical  director  of  the  company.  She  then  retired  from  the  stage,  but  soon  sought 
it  again,  and  obtained  an  engagement  from  Tony  Pastor,  who  offered  her  $50  a  week 
to  sing  ballads  in  the  old  Tony  Pastor  Theatre,  in  Broadway,  Xew  York,  opposite 
Xiblo's  Garden,  after  hearing  her  sing  in  a  theatrical  boarding  house  where  he  had 
called  on  a  woman  playing  at  his  theatre.  He  suggested  the  stage  name  of  Lillian 
Russell  for  his  new  recruit,  and  she  adopted  it. 

Miss  Russell  relates  that  on  the  first  night  she  appeared  at  Pastor's  Theatre  she 
sang  in  a  trance,  not  knowing  what  occurred  from  the  time  she  went  on  until  she 
reached  her  dressing  room.  Nevertheless,  her  appearance  was  a  much  talked  of  suc- 
cess. Her  songs  were  "The  Kerry  Dance,"  "Twickenham  Ferry"  and  other  ballads 
of  a  like  nature.  She  next  appeared  with  Pastor's  burlesque  companies,  in  "Olivette" 
and  "The  Pirates  of  Penzance,"  and  in  his  condensed  version  of  "Patience."  After 
singing  under  the  management  of  Colonel  John  A.  McCaull  at  the  Bijou  Opera 
House,  New  York,  October  21.  1881,  as  D'Jemma,  in  "The  Snake  Charmer,"  Miss 
Russell  made  a  tour  to  the  Pacific  Coast  with  a  company  managed  by  Frank  Sanger, 
singing  leading  light  opera  roles.  After  a  season's  concert  tour  she  made  her  first 
appearance  at  the  Casino,  Xew  York,  in  1884,  a?  Constance,  in  "The  Sorcerer."  The 
role  of  Prince  Raphael,  in  "The  Princess  of  Trebizonde,"  followed  at  the  same 
theatre.  During  this  engagement,  on  May  10,  1884,  at  Hoboken,  X.  J.,  Miss  Russell 
was  married  to  Edward  Solomon,  the  leader  of  the  Casino  orchestra,  having  been 
divorced  from  Mr.  Braham  four  days  previously.  With  her  husband  Miss  Russell 

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MISS     LILLIAN     RUSSELL. 

( Photograph   copyright  by  Falk.) 


then  went  to  London,  where  they  remained  for  two  years,  Miss  Russell  appearing 
there  in  two  operas  written  for  her  by  her  husband,  "Virginia,"  at  the  Gaiety 
Theatre,  and  "Polly,"  at  the  London  Novelty.  While  they  were  there  Solomon  was 
claimed  as  husband  by  Lillie  Grey,  a  music  hall  singer,  and  he  and  Miss  Russell 
separated,  she  returning  to  the  United  States  in  1886  and  joining  the  Duff  Opera 
Company,  with  which  she  remained  for  two  years. 

She  then  resumed  her  place  at  the  head  of  the  New  York  Casino  forces,  singing 
Eielka,  in  "Nadjy";  Pepita,  in  "Pepita";  Dorothy,  in  "Dorothy";  Anita,  in 
"Queen's  Mate";  Florella,  in  "The  Brigands";  Grand  Duchess,  in  "The  Grand 
Duchess" ;  Harriett,  in  "Poor  Jonathan" ;  Theresa,  in  "The  Mountebanks" ;  Girofle- 
Girofla.  in  "Girofle-Girofla,"  and  Rosa,  in  "The  Princess  Nicotine."  On  January 
22,  1894,  she  was  married,  in  Hoboken,  N.  J.,  to  Giovanni  Perugini  (John  Chatter- 
ton),  the  tenor  of  "The  Princess  Nicotine"  company,  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Solomon 
having  been  annulled,  she  receiving  the  custody  of  their  daughter.  The  season  of 
1897-'98  Miss  Russell,  who  had  previously  separated  from  Signor  Perugini.  appeared 
with  Delia  Fox  and  Jefferson  De  Angelis  at  the  Casino,  in  "The  Wedding  Day." 
The  next  season  she  played  in  "La  Belle  Helene."  The  seasons  of  1899-1900  she 
was  a  member  of  the  Weber  &  Fields  stock  company  at  their  New  York  music  hall. 
Her  last  appearance  was  in  1905,  in  the  opera  "Lady  Teazle,"  founded  on  Sheridan's 
comedy.  The  fall  season  of  1906  she  starred  in  a  comedy  without  music,  called 
"Barbara's  Millions."  Miss  Russell's  home  is  No.  161  West  57th  street,  New  York. 


SABEL,   MISS  JOSEPHINE   (MRS.  DAVID   SABEL),   actress  and 
vaudeville  singer,  was  born  in  Lawrence,  Mass.,  of  French  parents.     She 
made  her  stage  debut  in  1887,  playing  in  comic  operas  and  farce  comedy 
until  1893,  when  she  went  into  vaudeville,  opening  at  the  Imperial  Music 
Hall,  now  Weber's  Theatre,  New  York.     Since  then  Miss  Sabel  has  been  continuously 
in  vaudeville,  and  has  popularized  many  songs. 


SAXE.  TEMPLER  (TEMPLER  EDWARD  EDEVEAIN),  actor  and 
singer,  was  born  at  Redhill,  Surrey,  England,  in  1866.  being  the  son  of 
Eaton  Edeveain,  barrister-at-law,  and  his  wife.  Lady  de  Capelbroke.     He 
was  educated  at  Brussels  and  Bonn  universities.     Having  studied  singing 
under  Neville  Hughes,  of  London,  he  made  his  first  appearance  as  the  Blacksmith,  in 
"Tally  Ho!"  at  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gerran  Reed's  Entertainment,  St.  George's  Hall, 
London,  in   1886.     He  then  joined  the  Carl  Rosa  light  opera  company,  playing 
Ruffino,  in  "Paul  Jones,"  and  understudying  Agnes  Huntington  in  the  title  part. 
In  1888  he  understudied  Harden  Coffin  and  played  the  principal  part  in  the  opera 
"'Margery"  in  the  English  provinces.     He  next  played  in  "Miss  Decima,"  known  in 
this  country  as  "Miss  Helyett,"  and  played  the  baritone  parts  in  "Tom  Brown,"  at 
the  Criterion  Theatre,  London,  in  1891.  and  in  "Morocco  Bound"  in  1892. 

He  then  went  to  South  Africa  and  played  fifteen  parts  in  light  operas  during  a 
season  of  six  months.  Returning  to  England,  he  played  in  "The  Gaiety  Girl"  three 
consecutive  seasons.  He  then  created  the  part  of  Felix  McAlister,  in  "On  the 
March,"  at  the  Prince  of  Wales's  Theatre,  London,  and  played  in  "All  Aboard,"  at 
the  Court.  He  played  the  Marquis,  in  a  revival  of  "The  Chimes  of  Normandy,"  and 
played  in  "Billberry  of  Tilbury,"  at  the  Criterion.  He  then  starred  in  the  English 
provinces  in  "Paul  Jones,"  and  after  a  season  singing  ballads  in  vaudeville  houses 
he  came  to  this  country  in  August,  1901,  making  his  first  appearance  the  following 

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month  in  ""The  Ladies'  Paradise,"  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House.  After  an 
engagement  in  "The  Chaperons."  with  Frank  Perley,  he  resumed  his  part  in  "The 
Ladies'  Paradise,"  then  called  "My  Antoinette." 

He  then  played  his  old  part  in  "Morocco  Bound/'  following  that  with  his  first 
big  success  in  this  country  as  Lieutenant  Hardy,  in  "The  Sultan  of  Sulu,"  which  ran 
six  months  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  New  York.  He  created  the  baritone  part  in  "An 
English  Daisy,"  at  the  Casino,  and  Piff,  in  "Piff,  Paff,  Pouf,"  at  the  same  theatre. 
The  season  of  1905-'06  he  played  the  Hon.  Crewsboodle,  in  "The  Earl  and  the  Girl." 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Savage,  Eccentric,  Green  Room,  Playgoers'  and  Xational 
Sporting  clubs,  of  London,  and  the  Green  Room  Club,  Xew  York. 


SAYRE,  THEODORE  BUliT,  playwright,  was  born  in  Xew  York  Decem- 
ber 18,  1874.     He  was  educated  at  the  L'niversity  Grammar  School,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1892.     He  had 
made  his  mark  as  a  writer  of  novels  before  he  produced  his  first  play,  "The 
Wife  of  Willoughby,"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  1896.     The  following 
year  his  "Charles  O'Malley"  was  produced  at  Washington.  D.  C.     His  plays  since 
then  have  been  "Two  Rogues  and  a  Romance,"  produced  in  1898  at  St.  Louis ;  "The 
Son  of  Carleycroft,"  at  Boston,  in  1900;  "A  Classical   Cowboy,"   1900;  "Manon 
Lescaut,"  1901,  at  Wallack's  Theatre,  Xew  York:  "Tom   Moore,"  at  the  Herald 
Square  Theatre,  X"ew  York,  and  "The  Bold  Sojer  Boy,"  at  the  Fourteenth  Street 
Theatre,  in  1903.     Mr.  Sayre's  latest  work  is  "Eileen  Asthore,"  written  for  Chauncey 
Olcott  and  produced  at  Saratoga  August  16,  1906.     Mr.  Sayre  married  Laura  Helen 
de  Gumoens  April  6,  1904. 

Mr.  Sayre's  home  is  Xo.  116  West  141st  street,  Xew  York. 

SEABROOKE,  THOMAS  QUIOLEY,  comedian,  was  born  in  Mount 
Vernon,  X.  Y.,  October  20,  1860.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there,  and, 
when  eleven  years  old,  obtained  employment  at  the  East  Chester  Xational 
Bank.  He  was  afterward  teller  in  the  banking  house  of  J.  M.  Masterson  & 
Co.  He  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage,  September  11,  1880,  at  Westerly, 
R.  1.,  as  Bertie  Cecil,  in  "Cigarette,"  a  play  founded  on  Ouida's  novel  "Under 
Two  Flags."  He  next  played  with  Helen  Coleman,  in  "The  Widow  Bedotte,"  and, 
in  1882,  was  in  a  stock  company  at  Halifax,  Xova  Scotia.  The  following  season  he 
played  the  detective,  in  "Rooms  to  Rent,"  and  the  following  year  John  Mandamus, 
in  "Irish  Aristocracy."  He  made  his  first  Xew  York  appearance  at  the  Academy  of 
Music  in  the  same  part,  the  fall  of  1882.  In  July,  1883,  he  married  Elvia  Crox,  an 
actress.  The  season  of  1883-'84,  Mr.  Seabrooke  played  juvenile  lead  with  Jeffreys 
Lewis,  in  "The  Ruling  Passion,"  and  throughout  a  stock  season  at  the  Baldwin 
Theatre,  San  Francisco.  After  supporting  Barney  McAuley  for  a  time,  as  a  member 
of  George  Holland's  company,  Mr.  Seabrooke  played  his  first  comedy  role.  It  was 
in  "Ten  Nights  in  a  Barroom." 

Dashing  into  the  field  of  farce  comedy,  he  made  hits  in  "Two  Bad  Men"  and 
"Aphrodite."  He  then  created  the  part  of  Oleo  Masherine,  in  "Keep  It  Dark."  In 
1886  he  was  seen  in  Hoyt's  "A  Tin  Soldier,"  and  in  1888  he  was  with  Kate  Castle- 
ton,  in  "A  Paper  Doll."  In  November  of  that  year  he  made  his  first  appearance  in 
comic  opera,  as  General  Knickerbocker,  in  "The  Little  Tycoon."  He  then  created 
the  part  of  Deacon  Tidd,  in  "The  Midnight  Bell,"  February  18,  1889.  The  following 
year  he  became  a  star,  in  the  comic  opera  "The  Fakir."  In  1900  he  was  with  De 
Wolf  Hopper,  in  "Castles  in  the  Air."  Mr.  Seabrooke  made  his  first  great  success 

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in  "The  Isle  of  Champagne/'  which  was  produced  in  May,  1892,  and  ran  for  nearly 
three  years.  "Tobasco"  was  Mr.  Seabrooke's  next  opera,  produced  in  Boston,  in  1894. 
This  was  followed  by  a  farce,  called  "A  World  of  Trouble,"  and  "The  Speculator." 
He  then  appeared  in  "Yankee  Doodle  Dandy/'  in  "Erminie,"  in  "The  Bounders," 
in  "Piff,  Paff,  Pouf,"  and  in  the  spring  of  1906  he  was  in  "The  Alcayde,"  produced 
in  Chicago.  The  fall  season  of  1906  he  played  in  a  sketch  with  Pauline  Hall,  in  the 
vaudeville  houses. 


SCHEFF,  MADAME  FKITZI  (MADAME  YON  BABDELEBEN), 
grand  and  comic  opera  prim  a  donna,  was  born  in  Vienna,  her  maiden  name 
being  Anna  Scheff  Yager.    Her  mother.  Hortense  Scheff,  was  a  prima  donna 
at  the  Imperial  Opera  House,  Vienna,  and  her  father,  Dr.  Yager,  a  physi- 
cian of  the  Austrian  capital.     When  she  was  five  years  old  Miss  Yager  sang  in  a 
church  choir,  and  when  she  was  eight  years  old  was  spoken  of  as  a  prodigy.     After 
completing  vocal  study  at  Dresden  and  Frankfort  she  made  her  stage  debut  in  the 
latter   city   as   Juliet,   in   "Romeo   and   Juliet."      Her  success  was   instantaneous. 
After  singing  prima  donna  roles  in  "Faust,"  "CaA  alleria  Rusticana,"  "La  Boheme" 
and  "Mignon"  for  t\vo  years  in  Frankfort  she  went  to  Munich  and  there  Maurice 
Grau  heard  her.    He  offered  her  thirty  thousand  marks  a  year  to  sing  in  New  York 
and  she  signed  a  three  years'  contract  with  him.  making  her  first  American  appear- 
ance at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  as  Marzelline,  in  "Fidelio,"  on  December 
28,  1900. 

That  season  she  appeared  as  a  Rhine  Maiden,  in  "Rheingold"  and  "Gotter- 
dammerung" ;  as  a  Valkyr,  in  "Walkure" ;  as  the  unseen  Forest  Bird,  in  "Siegfried'" ; 
Zerlina'  in  "Don  Giovanni,"  and  Musetta,  in  "La  Boheme."  The  following  season 
she  was  the  Cherubino  of  "The  Marriage  of  Figaro,"  the  Papagena  of  "The  Magic 
Flute,"  the  Nedda  of  "Pagliacci."  and  the  Asa  of  Paderewski's  "Manru."  During 
the  interval  between  these  two  seasons  Fritzi  Scheff  became  the  wife  of  Baron  Fritz 
von  Bardeleben,  a  German  captain  of  hussars,  to  whom  she  had  been  engaged  for 
two  years.  The  barrier  to  their  marriage  had  been  the  rule  that  an  officer  cannot 
marry  unless  his  wife  brings  him  a  large  dowry.  He  finally  decided  to  give  up 
the  army  for  a  bride. 

When  it  became  known  that  Maurice  Grau  was  to  give  up  the  management  of 
the  Metropolitan  Opera  House  Charles  B.  Dillingham  made  Fritzi  Scheff  an  offer 
to  star  in  comic  opera  under  his  management.  She  accepted  and  made  her  debut 
in  that  field  at  the  Broadway  Theatre  in  November,  1903,  as  Babette,  in  the  opera 
of  that  name,  by  Harry  B.  Smith  and  Victor  Herbert.  The  next  season  she  ap- 
peared in  "The  Two  Roses,"  a  musical  version  of  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer,"  by 
Stanislaus  Stange  and  Ludwig  Englander.  This  proving  a  failure,  Mr.  Dilling- 
ham revived  for  her  a  series  of  the  old  light  operas,  Lecoq's  "Girofle-Girofla"  and 
Von  Suppe's  "Boccaccio"  and  "Fatinitza"  being  among  them.  In  1905-'06  she  ap- 
peared in  "Mile.  Modiste,"  by  Henry  Blossom  and  Victor  Herbert,  finding  in  it  her 
chief  success  a?  a  comic  opera  prima  donna. 


SCOTT.  CYRIL,  comedian,  was  born  at  Banbridge,  County  Down,  Ireland. 
February  9,  1866,  and  came  to  the  United  States  with  his  parents  at  an 
early  age.     He  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  in  August,  1883.  in 
Paterson,  N.  J.,  in  "The  Girl  I  Love;  or,  The  Diamond  Mystery."     He  had 
previously,  as  a  schoolboy,  performed  as  a  minstrel,  and  it  was  at  the  suggestion  of 
a  dramatic  critic  of  a  New  York  newspaper  Avho  had  seen  him  in  "black  face"  that 

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he  sought  a  stage  career.  He  played  two  roles  in  his  first  engagement,  one  of 
them  that  of  a  negro,  and  received  $3  a  week  and  his  board.  His  second  engage- 
ment was  with  Minnie  Maddern,  in  "Caprice."  at  -$15  a  week.  When  that  play 
passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Frohman  brothers,  Charles,  Daniel  and  Gustave,  they 
retained  Mr.  Scott  and  advanced  his  salary  to  $30  a  week.  From  that  time  on  his 
rise  was  rapid.  In  1884,  1885  and  1886  he  played  with  Minnie  Maddern  in  "In 
Spite  of  All"  and  "Caprice/'  and  the  season  of  1S8G-"8T  appeared  with  Kichard 
Mansfield  in  "Prince  Karl"  and  other  plays. 

The  following  season  he  played  with  Lotta  in  ''Pawn  Ticket  210"  and  "The 
Little  Detective,"  and  in  1888-'89  supported  F.  II.  Sothern  in  "Lord  Chumley." 
"The  Highest  Bidder"  and  "The  Minister  of  Woodbarrow."  The  following  season 
he  joined  the  Lyceum  Theatre  stock  company,  prominent  among  his  many  roles 
being  those  in  "Sweet  Lavendar"  and  "Old  Heads  and  Young  Hearts."  Charles 
Frohman  then  engaged  him  for  his  stock  company,  and  with  that  organization  Mr. 
Scott  played  in  "Men  and  Women,"  "The  Lost  Paradise."  "The  Councillor's  Wife," 
"The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me,"  "The  Younger  Son,"  "Sowing  the  Wind."  "The 
Luck  of  Eoaring  Camp"  and  "The  Gudgeons."  Then  followed  seasons  with  Mrs. 
Leslie  Carter  in  "The  Heart  of  Maryland,"  "My  Friend  from  India"  and  "Lost, 
Strayed  or  Stolen."  He  then  entered  liie  musical  comedy  field  and  immediately. 
became  one  of  the  most  popular  and  successful  singing  comedians  of  the  day.  roles 
with  Augustin  Daly's  company  in  "The  Circus  Girl,"  "The  Geisha"  and  "Runaway 
Girl"  being  his  principal  successes.  Later  engagements  were  with  Anna  Held  in 
"Papa's  Wife,"  in  "The  Lady  Slavey,"  "The  Casino  Girl"  and  "Florodora."  The 
season  of  1905-'06  he  returned  to  legitimate  comedy  to  make  one  of  the  greatest 
successes  of  his  career  in  "The  Prince  Chap."  which  had  a  long  run  in  New  York. 

Mr.  Scott  married  Louise  Eissing.  prima  donna  of  the  Henderson  Extravaganza 
Company.  His  home  is  at  Bayside,  Long  Island. 

SHANNON,   MISS  EFFIE   (MRS.    HERBERT  LAMB),   actress,  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  her  father  being  a  native  of  Portsmouth,  X.  H. 
She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  a  child,  in  a  crowd  of  "supers/' 
in  John  McCullough's  revival  of  "Coriolanus,"  at  the  Boston  Theatre.     Her 
first  speaking  part  was  Little  Eva,  in  a  production  of  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin,"  at 
the  Howard  Athenaeum,  Boston.     In  a  tour  of  the  company  through  New  England 
she  was  billed  as  "La  Petite  Shannon."     Afterward  Miss  Shannon  played  children's 
parts  with  Lawrence  Barrett,  and  she  was  also  in  the  chorus  of  a  children's  "Pina- 
fore" company.  Ida  Mulle  being  the  Josephine  and  Fritz  Williams  the  Sir  Joseph 
Porter. 

Miss  Shannon's  mother  then  took  her  to  New  York,  where  she  finished  her  edu- 
cation, -and  then  played  a  small  part  in  "The  Silver  King."  She  made  her  first 
success  as  Rose  Leyburn.  in  "Robert  Elsrnere,"  with  Robert  Mantell,  at  the  Union 
Square  Theatre,  New  York,  after  which  she  joined  the  Augustin  Daly  company, 
remaining  with  it  a  year  and  a  half.  In  1887  Miss  Shannon  became  a  member  of 
Daniel  Frohman's  Lyceum  Company  and  made  successes  as  Kittie  Ives,  in  "The 
Wife";  Kate,  in  "The  Idler,"  and  Bess,  in  "The  Charity  Ball." 

Miss  Shannon  was  married  to  Henry  Guy  Carleton,  the  playwright,  April  10, 
1890.  She  obtained  a  divorce  about  three  years  later  and  became  the  wife  of 
Herbert  Kelcey  (Lamb),  the  actor.  Miss  Shannon  played  Dora,  in  "Diplomacy," 
with  Rose  Coghlan  in  1893,  and  afterward  supported  Mrs.  Langtry,  in  "Gossip," 
and  Olga  Nethersole.  She  then  became  joint  star  with  Mr.  Kelcey,  in  "The  Moth 
and  the  Flame,"  which  ran  several  seasons. 

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SH  AW,  GEORGE  BERNARD,  playwright,  was  born  in  Dublin,  Ireland, 
July  26,   1856.     He  went  to  London  in  1876   and  became  a  prominent 
Socialist  and  an  art  critic,  writing  for  "The  World"  and  Henry  Labouchere's 
"Truth."     He  published  four  novels  between  1880  and  1883,  named  "The 
National  Knot,"  "Love  Among  the  Artists,"  "Cashel  Byron's  Profession"  and  "An 
Unsocial  Socialist,"  in  addition  to  many  pamphlets  on  Socialism  published  by  the 
Fabian  Society,  and  later  philosophical  essays,  "The  Quintessence  of  Ibsenism"  ana 
"The  Perfect  Wagnerite."     He  wrote  weekly  articles  on  music  in  "The  London 
Star"  and  "The  World"  and  articles  on  the  drama  in  "The  Saturday  Review." 

He  has  written  many  plays,  the  first  to  attract  attention  being  "Arms  and  the 
Man,"  produced  by  Richard  Mansfield  in  New  York  in  1894.  Since  then  his  plays, 
some  of  which  have  been  prohibited  for  stage  production,  have  been  of  a  character  to 
make  them  unique  in  the  literature  of  the  stage.  Among  them  are  "Mrs.  Warren's 
Profession,"  produced  by  Arnold  Daly  in  1905,  which  was  taken  from  the  boards 
after  one  performance  in  New  York;  "The  Admirable  Bashville,"  "How  He  Lied 
to  Her  Husband,"  "Man  and  Superman."  "Cleopatra,"  "Candida"  and  "The  Devil's 
Disciple." 

Mr.  Shaw  is  a  vegetarian.  He  is  a  member  of  the  London  Borough  Council. 
St.  Pancras  division.  His  home  is  at  No.  29  Fitzroy  Square,  London,  W. 

SHAW,  MISS  MARY,  actress,  was  born  in  Boston,  being  the  daughter  of 
Levi  W.  Shaw.     She  was  graduated  from  the  high  schools  there  and  for  a 
short  time  taught  in  the  public  schools.     At  this  time  she  took  part  in 
several  amateur  dramatic  performances.     Desiring  to  become  a  professional 
actress,  she  obtained  a  letter  of  introduction  from  John  Boyle  O'Reilly  to   Dion 
Boucicault.     She  obtained  an  engagement  to  play  Chorus  in  an  extravaganza  at 
the  Boston  Museum,  and  in  this  part  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  professional 
stage  through  a  trap  in  the  floor.     She  remained  two  years  with  the  Boston  Museum 
company,  after  which  she  was  engaged  by  Augustin  Daly  and  played  at  his  theatre 
for  a  season.     She  supported  Fanny  Davenport.     For  four  years  she  was  leading 
woman  with  Madame  Modjeska  and  attracted  much  attention  as  Queen  Eliazbeth,  in 
"Marie  Stuart." 

After  a  season  as  leading  Avoman  with  Julia  Marlowe,  during  her  first 
starring  tour,  Miss  Shaw  starred  in  "A  Drop  of  Poison/'  an  adaptation  from  the 
German  of  Oscar  Blumenthal.  She  then  played  in  "A  Night's  Frolic,"  a  farce,  in 
which  Helen  Barry  was  starred.  In  1893  Miss  Shaw  was  seen  as  Rosalind,  in 
a  Professional  Woman's  League  production  of  "As  You  Like  It,"  at  the  Garden 
Theatre,  New  York.  Following  this  Miss  Shaw  played  Marion,  in  Mrs.  Fiske's 
production  of  "Tess  of  the  D'Urbervilks."  She  afterward  created  the  part  of  Roxy, 
in  "Puddin'  Head  Wilson,"  with  Frank  Mayo;  played  a  season  with  Joseph  Jeffer- 
son and  starred  with  Eben  Plympton  and  Edmund  Collier  in  a  Shakespearian 
repertoire. 

In  1898  she  made  the  greatest  success  of  her  career  as  Mrs.  Alving,  in  Ibsen's 
"Ghosts,"  playing  the  role  first  in  New  York  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre.  She 
starred  for  thirty-seven  weeks  in  that  pla}-,  going  through  the  country  as  far  West 
as  Colorado.  She  thus  was  the  first  American  actress  to  introduce  the  work  of  the 
Norwegian  playwright  to  the  general  American  public.  In  1899  the  International 
Congress  of  Women,  convening  in  London,  selected  Miss  Shaw  to  speak  at  St. 
Martin's  Town  Hall  in  Trafalgar  Square  on  "The  Stage  as  a  Means  of  Livelihood 
in  America."  She  was  one  of  a  hundred  American  women  invited  to  a  banquet  at 
Windsor  Castle  by  Queen  Victoria  that  summer.  In  October,  1905,  she  played 

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Mrs.  Warren,  in  Bernard   Shaw's  "Mrs.   Warren's   Profession,"  at  its  initial  per- 
formance in  America  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,   New  York.     In  the  spring  of  190(5 
she  was  starred  by  the  Shuberts  in  ''The  Love  That  Blinds.*' 
Her  Xew  York  address  is  No.  108  West  45th  street. 


SHATTUCK,  MISS  TRULY  (MRS.  STEPHEN  A.  DOUGLAS),  act- 
ress and  singer,  was  born  in  an  adobe  house,  adjoining  the  old  Mission  Church 
of  San  Miguel,  in  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  California.  July  27,  187(5.     Her 
maiden  name  was  Clarice  Etrulia  de  Bueharde.     She  made  her  first  appear- 
ance on  the  stage  as  a  member  of  the  chorus,  at  the  Tivoli  Opera  House.  San  Fran- 
cisco, her  first  salary  being  $8  a  week.     Miss  Shattuck  made  her  first  Eastern  success 
in  the  part  of  Mephisto.  in  "Little  Faust."  under  the  management  of  William  Parry, 

which  ran  sixteen  weeks  at  the  Manhattan 
Beach  Theatre  and  at  I  lammerstein's  Olyiu- 
pia.  Xe\v  York,  the  summer  of  185).").  After 
a  season  in  vaudeville  she  played  in  "'The 
English  Daisy''  for  twelve  weeks,  at  Weber 
&  Fields's.  New  York. 

Again  going  into  vaudeville,  she  played 
a  season,  in  185)5).  at  the  Winter  Garden, 
Berlin.  Germany,  and  the  season  of  15)00  she 
was  in  "The  American  Beauty/'  in  London, 
England,  with  Kdna  May.  She  joined  the. 
Cohan  and  Harris  forces,  on  returning  to 
this  country,  and  played  with  them  three  suc- 
cessive seasons,  appearing  in  "Little  .Johnny 
.Tones,"  "George  Washington.  .Ir."  and  "The 
Governor's  Son." 

Miss  Shattuck  was  married  to  Stephen  A. 
Douglas.  November  15.  15)00.  Her  favorite 
pastimes  are  yachting  and  motoring.  She 

owns  a  72-foot  yawl,  the  Dolauradora,  and  an  electric  Stanhope  automobile,  which 
she  runs  herself.         Miss  Shattuck'' s  town  address  is  Xo.  181  West  End  avenue. 


SHEEHAX,  JOSEIMI  F.,  grand  opera  tenor,  was  born  in  Boston,  where,  at 
the  age  of  fourteen,  he  had  gained  prominence  as  a  boy  soprano  through 
his  singing  in  church  choirs.     In  1892,  while  he  was  leading  tenor  at  St. 
Joseph's  Cathedral,  Boston,  Thomas  Q.  Seabrooke  made  him  an  offer  to  join 
the  "Isle  of  Champagne''  company.     Mr.  Sheehan  accepted,  but  he  remained  with 
the  company  only  one  season,  leaving  it  to  appear  with  the  Bostonians,  in  "Robin 
Hood,"  "Prince  Ananias"  arid  "The  Maid  of  Plymouth."     The  following  season  he 
sang  in  "Rob  Roy.''     He  next  sang  the  leading  tenor  role  in  Smith  and  De  Koven's 
"The  Mandarin,"  and  at  the  end  of  that  engagement  became  a  member  of  Henry 
W.  Savage's  Castle  Square  Opera  Company.     With  this  company  he  has  made  his 
chief  success  in  singing  grand  opera  in  English,  his  most  prominent  roles  being  in 
"I    Pagliacci,"    "Cavalleria    Rustic-ana,"    "II    Trovatore,"    "Faust,"    "Lohengrin," 
"Romeo  and  Juliet,"  "A'ida"  and  "La  Boheme." 

October  15,  1906,  Mr.  Sheehan  sang  the  role  of  Lieutenant  Pinkerton.  in  the 
first  production  in  English  of  Puccini's  Japanese  opera  "Madame  Butterfly,"  at 
the  Columbia  Theatre,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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SIDNEY,  FRED.  W.,  actor,  playwright  and  stage  manager,  was  born  in 
England,  being  the  son  of  the  late  William  Sidney,  for  many  years  stage 
manager  of  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  London.     After  wide  experience  as  actor 
and  stage  manager  in  England  Mr.  Sidney  came  to  this  country  in  1887. 
He  made  his  first  appearance  here  with  Mrs.  James  Brown  Potter  at  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Theatre,  New  York.     This  was  followed  by  an  engagement  at  the  Boston 
Museum   for   the   run   of   "Harbor   Lights."    Mr.   Sidney   made  his  first   marked 

success  as  a  stage  manager  in  this  country 
with  his  production  of  "The  Scarlet  Letter" 
for  Richard  Mansfield  at  Daly's  Theatre, 
New  York. 

Mr.  Sidney  has  acted  in  many  companies 
here,  his  last  engagement  being  with  W.  A. 
Brady  in  support  of  Miss  Grace  George. 
Mr.  Sidney  is  the  author  of  "Her  Evil 
Genius,"  a  comedy  drama  produced  by 
Maude  Banks;  "Wig  and  Gown,"  played  by 
the  late  Rosina  Yokes;  "A  Loving  Legacy," 
produced  at  the  Strand  Theatre,  London: 
"A  Queen  of  Hearts,"  a  musical  comedy 
played  by  John  Mason  and  Marion  Manola, 
and  the  farce  comedy,  "The  Brixton  Burg- 
lary," produced  at  Terry's  Theatre,  London, 
and  afterward  at  the  Herald  Square  The- 
atre, New  York. 

Mr.  Sidney  married  Vida  Croly,  daugh- 
ter of  Mrs.  J.  C.  Croly,  the  writer  known  as  "Jennie  June."  They  have  a  daughter 
twelve  years  old.  Mr.  Sidney  divides  his  time  between  this  country  and  England, 
usually  spending  his  summers  at  Siasconset,  Mass. 


SITGREAVES,  MISS  BEVERLY,  actress,  made  her  first  appearance  on 
the  stage  with  Agnes  Herndon,  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre,  in  1888,  in 
"The  Commercial  Traveller's  Bride."     The  following  year  she  joined  the 
Rosina  Yokes  Company,  playing  leading  juvenile  parts.     Since  then  she  has 
supported  such  stars  as  Richard  Mansfield,  Mrs.  Bernhard-Beere  and  Sadie  Martinot. 
Among  her  greatest  successes  have  been  the  baroness,  in  "A  Parisian  Romance" ;  the 
housekeeper,  in  "Dr.  Jekyll  and  Mr.  Hyde,"  and  the  heroine,  in  "Work  and  Wages." 
She  was  also  in  "The  Resurrection,"  with  Blanche  Walsh.     Miss  Sitgreaves  was  last 
seen  in  Henry  W.  Savage's  production  of  "The  Stolen  Story,"  which  played  a  brief 
season  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  New  York,  in  the  fall  of  1906. 


SEYMOUR,  WILLIAM,  stage  director,  was  born  in  New  York  December 
19,   1855.     He  began   his   stage   career  as   an  actor   of   boy  parts   at   the 
Varieties  Theatre,  New  Orleans,  in  1862,  and  remained  there  until  1869. 
He  was  call  boy  at  Booth's  Theatre  from  1869  to  1871,  and  then  went  to  the 
Globe  Theatre,  Boston,  for  a  season.     From  1872  to  1875  he  was  stage  manager  of 
the  Varieties  Theatre,  New  Orleans,  and  with  Lawrence  Barrett,  and   was  with 
A.  M.  Palmer  for  two  years  at  the  Union  Square  Theatre,  New  York.     From  1877  to 
1879  he  was  stage  manager  of  the  California  and  Baldwin's  theatres,  San  Fran- 
cisco, and  then  became  stage  director  at  the  Boston  Museum,  a  place  he  occupied 

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ten  years.  In  1890  he  became  manager  for  Abbey.  Scboeffel  &  Gran,  of  the  Tremont 
Theatre,  Boston,  staying  there  nine  years.  One  season  he  was  general  manager 
with  Maurice  Grau  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House.  Xew  York.  He  next  became 
associated  with  the  productions  of  Charles  Frohman.  whose  general  stage  director 
he  has  been  since  June  1,  1904. 

Mr.  Seymour  married  May,  a  daughter  of  E.  L.  Davenport  and  sister  of  Fanny 
Davenport,  January  8,  1882. 

Mr.  Seymour  is  a  member  of  The  Players,  Xew  York.  His  home  is  at  South 
Duxbury,  Mass.  His  business  address  is  Empire  Theatre,  Xew  York. 

SILL,   WILL F AM  RAYMOND,  manager,   was  born  in  Hartford,   Conn.. 
September  29,    1869,   being  the  youngest   child   of   George   Griswold    Sill, 
ex-Governor  of  Connecticut.     He  was  educated  in  Hartford,  and  attended 
Amherst  College  for  a  short  time,  but,  left  there  to  become  a  reporter  on 
"The  Hartford  Telegram."     Soon  afterward  he  established  "The  Winsted  Citizen." 
the  first  daily  newspaper  in  Litchfield  Count}',  Connecticut.     In  1888  he  went  to 
Minneapolis  as  an  editorial  writer  on  "The  Tribune."     Two  years  later  he  became 

managing  and  dramatic  editor  of  "The  Daily 
Xews,"  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  In  1890  lie  was  sent 
to  Europe  as  the  representative  of  various 
publications  to  write  his  impressions  of  the 
Passion  Play  at  Oberammergau.  In  1891 
,  he  became  a  reporter  on  "The  Xew  York  Re- 
corder." He  then  went  to  Venezuela  as  a 
correspondent  for  several  newspapers  during 
the  Crespo  revolution,  and  visited  the  Maroon 
Indians,  in  the  Blue  Mountains  of  Jamaica, 
writing  many  magazine  articles  regarding 
them."  In  1895  "The  Xew  York  Journal" 
commissioned  Mr.  Sill  to  go  to  Cuba  and 
write  several  articles  regarding  the  operations 
of  the  insurgent  armies  under  Gomez  and 
Antonio  Maceo.  An  interview  with  the  then 
Captain-General,  Martinez  y  Campos,  pub- 
lished in  "The  Journal,"  made  it  advisable 
for  Mr.  Sill  to  return  post  haste  to  this 

country,  which  he  did  in  a  tug  by  way  of  Pensacola.  When  the  Spanish-American 
War  became  a  certainty  Mr.  Sill  was  sent  to  the  island  of  St.  Thomas,  Danish 
West  Indies,  with  "The  Journal's"  yacht  Anita,  and  was  practically  held  prisoner 
for  several  weeks  by  the  Spanish  gunboats.  Later  Mr.  Sill  cabled  to  his  paper  the 
first  account  of  Admiral  Sampson's  bombardment  of  San  Juan,  Porto  Rico.  The 
next  month  he  witnessed  the  destruction  of  Cervera's  fleet. 

Mr.  Sill  was  dramatic  editor  and  critic  of  "The  Xew  York  Evening  World"  for 
several  years,  until  he  became  personal  representative  for  Stuart  Robson.  Upon 
Mr.  Robson's  death  he  was  the  representative  of  Marie  Cahill  on  her  first  starring 
venture.  Then  he  entered  the  employ  of  Weber  &  Fields  as  their  representative 
at  the  Globe  Theatre,  in  Boston,  and  also  was  manager  of  the  tour  of  Charles  Rich- 
man  in  "Captain  Barrington"  and  of  the  musical  comedy  "An  English  Daisy,"  both 
enterprises  financed  by  Weber  &  Fields.  When  Weber  &  Fields  undertook  their 
transcontinental  tour  Mr.  Sill  was  their  general  representative,  and  when  Joseph 
Weber  and  Lew  Fields  dissolved  partnership  Mr.  Sill  became  manager  for  Mr. 

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Fields  and  remained  with  him  for  two  years,  until,  in  1906,  he  became  associated 
with  Alfred  E.  Aarons  in  his  various  enterprises. 

Mr.  Sill  is  the  author  of  numerous  lyrics  and  has  written  several  vaudeville 
sketches.  He  is  married  to  Frances  Hanlon,  daughter  of  Edward  Hanlon,  of  the 
Hanlon  Brothers,  and  has  one  child,  Frances  Rosemary,  horn  September  13,  1905. 


SLOANE,  ALFRED  BALDWIN,  composer,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Md., 
in  1872.     He  is  of  English,  Irish  and   French  extraction,   and,  although 
nearly  all  his  family  had  been  musicians,  his  parents  discouraged  musical 
ambitions  in  the  boy.  and  he  was  sent  to  work  in  a  wholesale  dry  goods 
store.     There  he  surreptitiously  composed  all  manner  of  music-,  jotting  down  the 
tunes  on  the  bottoms  of  boxes.     Coon  songs  he  wrote1  on  button  boxes  and  comic 
opera  ensembles  on  larger  underwear  boxes.     This  habit  caused   him   to  lose  his 

position,  and  for  some  time  he  tried  all 
sorts  of  occupations,  including  the  sec- 
retaryship to  a  cemetery  company. 

Mr.  Sloane  had  formed  the  Paint 
and  Powder  Club  of  Baltimore,  and 
the  members  produced  an  opera  com- 
posed by  him.  This  attracted  atten- 
tion, and  he  was  engaged  to  write  "Ex- 
celsior. Jr.,"  for  Edward  E.  Rice,  which 
brought  him  into  considerable  promi- 
nence. He  next  wrote  "Jack  and  the 
Beanstalk,"  for  Klaw  &  Erlanger.  He 
also  wrote  much  of  the  music  for  the 
plays  of  the  late  Charles  Hoyt. 

Other  operas  and  musical  comedies 
composed  by  Mr.  Sloane  are:  "The 
Mocking  Bird,"  in  which  Mabelle  Gil- 
man  starred;  "Coming  Through  the 
Rye,"  "Broadway  to  Tokio,"  "Sergeant 
Kitty,"  for  Virginia  Earle;  "Lady 
Teazle,"  for  Lillian  Russell,  and  "The 
Gingerbread  Man,"  produced  under  the 
management  of  Colonel  Braden. 

Mr.  Sloane  is  a  member  of  The 
Lambs  and  the  Baton  Club.  His  favor- 
ite recreations  are  tennis,  baseball,  golf 

and  billiards.     His  home  is  at  No.  202  West  79th  street.     His  business  address  is 
No.  1402  Broadway,  New  York. 

SLEATH,  HERBERT  (HERBERT  SLEATH  SKELTON),  actor,  was 
born  in  1870  and  educated  at  Eton.     After  leaving  school  he  was  coached 
for  the  army,  but  the  charm  of  travel  seized  him.  and,  being  wealthy,  he 
went  to  Texas  and  Central  America  and  spent  some  time  in  mining  and 
ranching.     He  returned  to  England  and  went  on  the  stage,  among  his  first  parts 
being  D'Alroy,  in  "Caste";  Clement  Hale,  in  "Sweet  Lavender,"  and  Cattermole, 
in  "The  Private  Secretary."     In  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  management,  and  pro- 
duced and  plaj-ed  for  two  years  "What  Happened  to  Jones,"  at  the  Strand  Theatre. 

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He  also  shared  in  the  management  of  the  Adelphi,  Olympic,  Terry's,  Avenue.  Prince 
of  Wales's  and  Vaudeville  theatres,  and  appeared  at  the  Haymarket,  in  "The  Second 
in  Command,"  and  in  "The  Only  Way."  at  the  Lyceum,  in  1900.  In  1904  lie 
came  to  the  United  States  with  his  wife,  and  they  played  a  successful  season  in 
New  York  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  He  devotes  his  leisure  to 
horse  racing,  and  has  carried  off  honors  as  an  amateur  steeplechase  rider. 


SKINNER,  OTIS,  actor,  was  born  in  Cambridge.  .Mass..  -June  <J<s.  I8(io,  his 
father  being  the  Eev.  Charles  A.  Skinner,  a  Universalist  minister.  He  was 
educated  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  and  afterwards  was  a  clerk  in  an  office  there. 
As  an  amateur  he  organized  a  dramatic  and  musical  club,  and,  deciding  to 
adopt  the  stage  as  a  means  of  livelihood,  he  made  his  first  appearance  at  Wood's 
Museum,  in  Philadelphia,  October  30,  1ST 7.  He  played  the  part  of  Old  Plantation, 
a  negro,  in  a  play  called  "Woodleigh,"  his  salary  being  $8  a  week.  The  following 
summer  he.  was  in  the  stock  company  at  the  Walnut  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia, 
where  he  supported  John  McCullough,  Lawrence  Barrett,  John  T.  Raymond, 
Madame  Janauschek  and  Mary  Anderson. 

Mr.  Skinner  made  his  first  appearance  in  New  York  in  1879,  at  Xiblo's,  in  "En- 
chantment." Then  followed  a  short  season  with  Edwin  Booth,  at  Booth's  Theatre, 
during  which  he  made  his  first  hit.  as  Francois,  in  "Richelieu."  The  season  of 
1880-'81  Mr.  Skinner  was  at  the  Boston  Theatre,  after  which,  he  became  leading- 
man  for  Lawrence  Barrett  for  three  seasons.  In  November,  1884,  he  made  his  first 
appearance  as  a  member  of  Augustin  Daly's  company,  in  New  York,  in  "The  Wooden 
Spoon."  He  remained  with  the  Daly  company  five  years. 

After  producing  a  play  written  by  himself  and  his  brother  Charles,  at  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  in  Chicago,  in  the  fall  of  1889,  Mr.  Skinner  became  leading  man  for 
Edwin  Booth  and  Madame  Modjeska.  who  were  then  joint  stars.  Mr.  Skinner  then 
went  to  London,  and  appeared  as  Romeo  at  the  Globe  Theatre.  Returning  to  this 
country  he  supported  Helen  Mather,  and,  in  1892-'93,  was  again  with  Modjeska. 

Mr.  Skinner  first  became  a  star  in  1894.  He  opened  his  season  in  Chicago,  in 
"His  Grace  de  Grammont."  He  also  played  two  plays  by  his  brother,  "The  King's 
Jester,"  and  "Villon,  the  Vagabond,"  The  fall  of  1895  he  was  first  seen  as  Hamlet, 
at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  Chicago,  then,  after  a  season  with  Joseph  Jefferson.  Mr. 
Skinner  starred  in  "Rosemary." 

Mr.  Skinner  appeared  at  Atlantic  City,  October  19,  1903,  with  Ada  Rehan,  as 
Petruchio,  in  "The  Taming  of  the  Shrew/'  He  also  acted  Shylock  to  her 
Portia,  at  the  Lyric  Theatre,  New  York,  in  February,  1904.  Mr.  Skinner  has  since 
starred  at  the  head  of  his  own  company  in  a  round  of  Shakespearian  parts. 

In  April,  1895,  Mr.  Skinner  married  Maud  Durban,  an  actress. 


SMITH,  EDGAR,  playwright,  was  born  in  Brooklyn  December  9,  1857.     He 
made  his  debut  as  an  actor  at  Booth's  Theatre,   New  York,   in   "Julius 
Cassar,"  for  the  benefit  of  Frederick  Warde.     He  played  several  engage- 
ments during  the  season  of  1878-'? 9,  and  went  to  Daly's  Theatre  for  the 
season  of  1879-'80.     He  spent  several  succeeding  years  in  St.   Louis,  and  wrote 
there,  in  conjunction  with  Augustus  Thomas,  "Editha's  Burglar"  and  "Combus- 
tion," playing  in  them  during  the  season  of  1884-'85  with  an  organization  known 
as  the  Dickson  Sketch  Club.     In  1885-'86  he  was  connected  with  the  Patti  Rosa 
company,  and  wrote  for  her  a  comedy  drama.  "Love  and  Duty."    He  wrote  and  pro- 
duced in  Chicago  during  the  summer  of  1886  "Little  Lohengrin,"  a  travesty,  and  in 

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September,  1886,  went  to  the  Xew  York  Casino  as  librettist.  He  continued  in  that 
capacity,  occasionally  appearing  as  an  actor  in  the  productions  at  that  theatre,  until 
1892-'93. 

During  that  period  he  made  adaptations  of  various  foreign  operas,  among  them 
"Xadgy,"  "Apollo,"  "The  Brazilian,"  "The  Grand  Duchess,"  "Poor  Jonathan/'  "The 
Brigands,"  "Madelon"  and  "The  Marquis"  for  the  Casino,  and  wrote  "You  and  I," 
in  conjunction  with  Eichard  F.  Carroll,  and  "Spider  and  Fly"  and  various  short 
travesties  for  M.  B.  Leavitt.  Mr.  Smith  was  with  James  T.  Powers,  in  "Walker, 
London,"  and  Thomas  Q.  Seabrooke,  in  "Tabasco,"  in  the  season  of  1892-'93.  Sub- 
sequent to  that  and  prior  to  1896  he  wrote  and  produced  "The  Grand  Vizier,"  "Miss 
Philadelphia"  and  "The  Merry  World,"  and  adapted  for  America  "The  Girl  from 
Paris,"  "The  French  Maid,"  "Monte  Carlo,"  and  "Hotel  Topsy  Turvy." 

In  1896  he  went  to  the  Weber  &  Fields  Music  Hall,  and  is  still  there,  having 
written  for  that  house  "Pousse  Cafe,"  "Hurly  Burly,"  "Whoop-dee-doo,"  "Fiddle- 
dee-dee,"  "Whirl-i-gig,"  "Hoity  Toity,"  "Twirly-Whirly,"  "Higgledy-Piggledy." 
"Twiddle  Twaddle"  and  the  burlesques  "Con-curers,"  "Cleopatra,"  "Catherine," 
"Barbar  Fidgety,"  "The  Big  Little  Princess,"  "The  Stickiness  of  Gelatine,"  "Ari- 
zona," "Quo-Vass-iss,"  "The  College  Widower,"  "The  Squaw  Man's  Girl  of  the 
Golden  West,"  "Sapolio,"  "The  Humming  Bird,"  "Onions,"  "Zaza,"  "Lord  and 
Lady  Algy,"  "Waffles,"  etc.  Mr.  Smith  has  also  written  and  produced,  since  1896, 
"Home,  Sweet  Home,"  a  rural  drama;  "The  Little  Host/'  a  musical  comedy,  and 
"Sweet  Anne  Page,"  an  opera,  the  two  latter  in  conjunction  with  the 'late  Louis 
De  Lange. 

Mr.  Smith's  home  is  at  Elmhurst,  Long  Island.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Lambs, 
the  Elks  and  the  Mystic  Shrine. 

SMITH,  HARRY  B.,  playwright,  was  born  in  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  December  28, 
1860,  and  became  a  newspaper  writer  in  his  early  years  for  "The  Chicago 
Xewsletter,"  after  which  he  became  the  dramatic  and  musical  editor  of  "The 
Chicago  Daily  News."     His  first  literary  work  for  the  stage  was  the  libretto 
for  "Eosito,"  produced  by  the  Fay  Templeton  company.     His  next  libretto  was  that 
of  "The  Begum,"  which  was  presented  by  the  McCaull  Opera  Company  a  hundred 
and  fifty  nights.     After  that  he  wrote  the  librettos  of  "Boccaccio,"  "Clever,"  "The 
Crystal  Silpper"  and  "Don  Quixote,"  and  then,  in  connection  with  Eeginald  De 
Koven,  who  wrote  the  music,  he  produced  "Eobin  Hood,"  the  most  successful  comic 
opera  ever  written  in  the  United  States.     Since  then  he  has  written  more  than  a 
hundred  successful  comic  operas  and  musical  comedies.     His  home  is  Xo.  329  West 
83d  street,  New  York. 

SOTHERN,    EDWARD   HUGH,   actor,    was   born   at   Xo.    79   Bienville 
street,  Xew  Orleans,  La.,  December  6,  1859.     He  was  the  second  son  of 
E.  A.  Sothern,  the  famous  English  actor.     When  he  was  five  years  old  he 
was  taken  to  England  and  there  educated  with  a  view  to  his  becoming  a 
painter,  his  father  being  opposed  to  a  stage  career  for  his  son.     The  buskin  was  in 
the  blood,  however,  and  in  September,  1879,  E.  H.  Sothern  made  his  first  appear- 
ance on  the  boards,  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  Xew  York,  playing  the  part  of  the 
cabman,  in  "Sam,"  and  utterly  collapsing  with  fright  when  he  met  his  father  on 
the  stage.     He,  next  appeared  at  the  Boston  Museum  in  small  parts,  and  then  played 
low  comedy  parts  in  John  McCullough's  company. 

After  his  father's  death,  in  1881,  Mr.  Sothern  went  to  England,  where  for  a 

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while  he  toured  the  provinces  with  his  elder  brother,  Lytton  Sothern.  Returning 
to  this  country  in  1883,  Mr.  Sothern  went  through  a  period  of  poverty,  little 
relieved  by  the  production  of  a  farce  written  by  him,  which  was  first  called  •"Whose 
Are  They?"  and  played  in  Baltimore  and  for  two  weeks  at  the  Star  Theatre.  Xew 
York,  and  then,  under  the  title  of  "Domestic  Earthquakes,''  by  Harrison  and 
Courley  in  Boston. 

Mr.  Sothern  was  next  seen  in  "Xita's  First."  under  the  management  of  Charles 
Frohman,  after  which  he  supported  Estelle  Clayton,  in  "Favette."  From  ls84  to 
1886  he  supported  Helen  Dauvray.  playing  leading  parts  in  "A  Scrap  of  Paper." 
"Mona,"  "Met  by  Chance,"  "Peg  Woffington,"  "The  Love  Chase"  and  '"One  of  Our 
Girls."  His  first  engagement  with  Daniel  Frohman  was  to  play  Jack  Ham.mer.ton, 
in  "The  Highest  Bidder,"  a  light  comedy,  by  the  veteran  English  farce  writers  John 
Maddison  Morton  and  Robert  Reece.  which  had  been  found  among  the  effects  of 
Mr.  Sothern's  father.  This  was  produced  in  the  spring  of  1881,  and  the  same  year 
Mr.  Sothern  starred  in  it,  also  producing  "Editha's  Burglar,"  which  made  a  pro- 
nounced success. 

In  the  season  of  1888  "Lord  Chumley,"  written  for  Mr.  Sothern  by  De  Mille 
and  Belasco,  was  produced  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Xew  York,  and  for  many  years 
Mr.  Sothern  was  the  star  of  the  stock  company  maintained  there  by  Daniel  Froh- 
man. The  chief  productions  were  "Captain  Lettarblair,"  "The  Maister  of  Wood- 
barrow."  "The  Dancing  Girl,"  "The  Victoria  Cross,"  "The  Way  to  Win  a  Woman," 
"Sheridan;  or.  The  Maid  of  Bath,"  "The  Prisoner  of  Zenda,"  "An  Enemy  to  the 
King,"  "Change  Alley,"  "The  Lady  of  Lyons,"  "The  Adventure  of  Lady  Ursula," 
"A  Colonial  Girl,"  "The  King's  Musketeer"  and  "The  Song  of  the  Sword." 

Mr.  Sothern  made  a  pronounced  success  in  "The  Sunken  Bell."  an  adaptation 
of  Hauptmann's  German  play,  produced  at  the  Hollis  Street  Theatre,  Boston,  De- 
cember 22,  1899.  and  the  following  year,  on  September  17,  1900.  he  made  his  first 
appearance  in  New  York  as  Hamlet.  For  the  last  two  seasons  Mr.  Sothern.  with 
Julia  Marlowe,  has  been  starring  in  a  repertoire  of  Shakespearian  plays.  Mr. 
Sothern  married  Virginia  Harned  in  Philadelphia  December  3,  1896.  She  has 
been  his  leading  woman  for  several  years.  His  Xew  York  address  is  Xo.  37 
West  69th  street. 


SOUSA,  JOHN  PHILIP,  bandmaster,  composer  and  author,  was  born  in 
Washington,    I).    C.,   Xovember   6,    1854,  his   parents   being   Antonio   and 
Elizabeth  Sousa.     His  mother  is  still  living  in  Washington  at  the  age  of 
eighty-one  years.      At    eleven  young   Sousa   appeared   in   public   as   violin 
soloist  and  at  fifteen  he  was  teaching  harmony.     In  1876  he  was  one  of  the  first 
violins  in  the  orchestra  conducted  by  Offenbach  when  the  latter  visited  America. 
Later  he  conducted  for  various  theatrical  and  operatic  companies,  among  them  the 
"Church  Choir  Pinafore"  company.     In  1880  he  was  appointed  leader  of  the  band 
of  the  United  States  Marine  Corps,  the  national  band,  and  served  in  that  capacity 
under  Presidents  Hayes,  Garfield,  Arthur,  Cleveland  and  Harrison  until  August  1, 
1892,  when  he  resigned  to  organize  the  Sousa  band,  which  up  to  June  1,  1896,  had 
made  twenty-eight  semi-annual  tours  through  the  United  States  and  visited  Europe 
four  times,  giving  a  total  of  7.140  concerts  in  888  cities  and  covering  292.468 
miles  of  travel. 

As  a  composer  he  originated  a  march  style  that  is  recognized  the  world  over, 
his  best  known  and  most  popular  productions  in  this  field  including  "The  Washington 
Post,"  "Liberty  Bell,"  "Manhattan  Beach,"  "High  School  Cadets,"  "The  Stars 
and  -Stripes  Forever,"  "The  Invincible  Eagle,"  "Hail  to  the  Spirit  of  Liberty," 

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"Hands  Across  the  Sea,"  "The  Charlatan,"  "The  Bride-elect,"  "El  Capitan,"  "King 
Cotton,"  "Imperial  Edward,"  "Jack  Tar,"  "The  Diplomat,"  "Semper  Fidelis"  and 
"The  Free  Lance"  marches.  He  has  written  a  number  of  suites,  among  them 
"Three  Quotations,"  "Looking  Upward,"  "At  the  King's  Court"  and  "Sheridan's 
Ride";  a  symphonic  poem,  "The  Chariot  Race.''  and  many  songs  and  miscellaneous 
compositions.  He  wrote  the  scores  of  the  comic  operas  "The  Smugglers,"  "Desiree," 
"The  Queen  of  Hearts,"  "El  Capitan,"  "The  Charlatan,''  "Chris  and  the  Wonderful 
Lamp"  and  "The  Free  Lance,"  and  the  book  and  lyrics  for  "The  Bride-Elect." 

He  compiled,  under  the  auspices  of  the  government,  "National,  Patriotic  and 
Typical  Airs  of  All  Countries,"  and  has  written  miscellaneous  verses,  magazine 
articles  and  two  novels,  "The  Fifth  String"  and  "Pipetown  Sandy."  He  appeared 
with  his  band  before  King  Edward  and  Queen  Alexandra  at  Sandringham  and  at 
Windsor,  the  King  on  the  first  occasion  bestowing  on  him  the  decoration  of  the 
Victorian  Order.  He  received  the  Grand  Diploma  of  Honor  of  the  Academy  of 
Itainault,  Belgium,  and  was  decorated  by  the  French  Government  with  the  Palms 
of  the  Academy,  besides  being  made  an  officer  of  Public  Instruction.  He  is  a 
member  of  varioiis  Masonic  bodies,  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  The  Gridiron,  Republican, 
Salamagundi  and  Dramatists'  clubs,  and  The  Players.  He  is  fond  of  outdoor  sports, 
being  an  expert  rider  and  huntsman. 


SPARKS,  JOSEPH  M.,  actor,  was  born  in  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1856.  His 
first  stage  work  was  as  a  boy  in  song  and  dance  at  a  little  variety  theatre 
in  Hartford,  called  Newton's  Varieties.  He  had  a  partner  and  they  appeared 
as  the  Sparks  Brothers.  In  1872  they  joined  a  real  travelling  company  and 
opened  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  with  Maffit  and  Bartholomew's  pantomime  company  in 
"Flick  and  Flock."  The  next  season  they  went  into  variety  and  played  in  the 
principal  variety  houses  almost  continuously  until  1880,  when  they  joined  Tony 
Denier  for  a  season  with  his  "Humpty  Dumpty"  company.  In  1882  they  signed 
with  Harrigan  and  Hart,  and  Mr.  Sparks  remained  with  Harrigan  for  eight  seasons, 
during  which  term  he  was  sent  on  the  road  as  star  in  "Cordelia's  Aspirations," 
"Dan's  Tribulations"  and  "Squatter  Sovereignty."  Then  he  accepted  an  offer  from 
Rich  and  Harris  to  join  May  Irwin's  company,  and  later  toured  with  his  own  com- 
pany in  a  play  called  "Mr.  O'Reilly,"  by  George  Hobart.  and  afterward  was  with 
Klaw  &  Erlanger,  in  "A  Little  of  Everything."  The  season  of  1906  he  was  with 
Arnold  Daly,  and  the  fall  season  with  Henr}r  W.  Savage's  "The  Stolen  Story"  com- 
pany. His  home  is  Chester  Hill,  Mount  Vernon.  N.  Y. 


SPONG,  MISS  HILDA,  actress,  was  born  in  London  May  14,  1875,  being 
the  daughter  of  W.  B.  Spong,  a  well  known  scene  painter  and  artist.     When 
thirteen  years  old  she  was  taken  to  Australia  by  her  parents,  and  she  made 
her  first  appearance   on  the   stage   at   the   Criterion   Theatre,   Sydney,   in 
"Joseph's   Sweetheart,"   in    1890.     Joining  the   Brough'-Boucicault   company,   she 
played  a  wide  variety  of  parts  until  she  rose  to  be  leading  woman  of  the  organization. 
Returning  to  England,  Miss  Spong  made  her  first  appearance  in  London  in  "The 
Diichess  of  Coolgardie,"  at  the  Drury  Lane  Theatre,  in  1896.     She  also  played  in 
"The  Kiss  of  Delilah"  and  "The  Two  Little  Vagrants."     She  created  the  part  of 
Imolgen  Parrott,  in  "Trelawney  of  the  Wells,"  at  the  Court  Theatre,  London,  in 
1898,  and  the  same  year  made  her  first  appearance  in  this  country,  in  the  same  part, 
at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  under  the  management  of  Daniel  Frohman.     The  season  of 
1898-'99  she  was  seen  in  "Americans  at  Home"  and  "An  Amateur  Rehearsal."  and 

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as  Mrs.  Buhner,  in  "Wheels  Within  Wheels."  In  "The  Ambassador"  .Miss  Spong 
played  Lady  Beauvedere.  and  at  Daly's  Theatre,  March  ^<>.  1899,  she  was  success- 
ful in  the  leading  part  in  "The  Interrupted  Honeymoon."  At  the  same  theatre, 
and  still  under  Daniel  Frohman's  management.  Miss  Spong  opened  the  fall  season 
of  1900  in  ''The  Man  of  Forty,"  which  was  followed  by  "Lady  Huntworth's  Experi- 
ment." Miss  Spong  was  first  seen  as  a  star  in  New  York,  at  Weber's  Theatre,  in  the 
fall  of  190(3,  opening  as  Lady  Jemima  Wilson,  in  "Lady  Jim,"  a  comedy  by  Harold 
Heaton,  which  did  not  prove  a  success.  This  was  followed  by  "John  Hudson's 
Wife,"  by  Alicia  Ramsay  and  Rudolph  de  Cordova,  in  which  she  played  Honor. 


STARR,  MISS  SYLVIA   (SALMON),  actress,  was  born  in  Providence,  R.  I., 
September  1,  1879,  a  daughter  of  Alfred  Salmon.     As  a  child  she  gained 
some  recognition  as  a  reader,  and  she  made  her  first  professional  appearance 
in  a  small  part  in  "The  Manderin  Zune,"  under  the  management  of  D.  W. 
Reeves,  in  Providence.  R.  1.,  in  1897.    Later  she  played  the  principal  juvenile  part 
in  "The  Lobster,"  with  Fisher  and  Carroll,  under  the  management  of  Edgar  Seldon. 
After  two  seasons  in  vaudeville.  Miss  Starr  made  her  first  notable  success  as  the 

\Vidow,  in  Hoyt's  "Trip  to  Chinatown." 
This,  and  Hattie.  in  "A  Stranger  in  New" 
York."  she  played  the  seasons  of  1903  and 
1904.  Lat<-r  she  played  the  leading  woman's 
part  in  "A  Son  of  Rest,"  with  Nat  Wills; 
Ladv  Henry  Fairfax,  in  "Diplomacy,"  with 
Miss  Hose  Coghlan,  and  second  woman's 
parts  with  Byron  Douglas  in  a  stock  company 
in  Toledo.  Ohio.  The  summer  of  1906  she 
played  Diana  Hicks,  in  "Mam'zelle  Cham- 
pagne." a  musical  comedy  which  had  a  long 
run  on  the  roof  of  the  Madison  Square  Gar- 
den, New  York.  On  the  first  night  of  this 
production  Miss  Starr  was  on  the  stage  sing- 
ing and  playing  her  part,  and  witnessed  the 
shooting  and  killing  of  Stanford  White  by 
Harry  K.  Thaw.  Miss  Starr  comes  from  a 
good  family  in  Rhode  Island,  and  claims  the 
distinction  of  having  been  descended  from 


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the  first  Governor  of  the  State. 


STARR,  MISH   FRANCES,  actress,  was  born  in  California  in  1886,  and 
made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  a  member  of  a  stock  company,  in 
Los  Angeles.     Going  to  New  York,  she  joined  F.  F.  Proctor's  company  at 
the   Fifth  Avenue   Theatre,  commencing  with  small  parts   and  gradually 
working  her  way  up  through  successive  seasons,  until  she  became  leading  woman. 
The  season  of  1905-'06  she  played  the  principal  role  in  "Gallops,"  with  Charles 
Richman,  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  New  York.    There  she  attracted  the  attention  of 
David  Belasco,  and  the  fall  of  1906  she  opened  as  leading  woman  with  David  War- 
field,  in  "The  Music  Master." 

When  Mr.  Belasco  ceased  to  manage  the  business  of  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter,  he  took 
Miss  Starr  out  of  "The  Music  Master"  and  began  training  her  to  fill  the  gap  left 
vacant  by  the  secession  of  Mrs.  Carter,  and  to  make  her  a  star  in  more  than  name. 


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STANFORD,  HENRY,  actor,  was  born  in  Ramleh,  Egypt,  where  his  father 
was  advocate  for  the  British  Crown.    He  made  his  first  stage  appearances 
with  small  travelling  companies  in  the  provinces  of  England,  playing  reper- 
toire.    Later  he  played  juvenile  leads  in  the  large  towns  and  such  parts 
as  Wilfred  Denver,  in  "The  Silver  King";  David  Kingeley,  in  "Harbor  Lights"; 
Romeo.  George  D'Alroy.  in  "Caste,"  and  Lord  Beaufoy,  in  "School."     He  under- 
studied Sir  Charles  Wyndham  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  London,  in  "The  Home 

Secretary,"  afterward  playing  Wyndham's 
part  on  tour.  In  1897  he  went  to  South 
Africa,  playing  leading  parts  in  a  repertoire 
of  twenty-two  London  successes  during  a  sea- 
son of  twenty-six  weeks  in  Johannesburg.  He 
also  played  in  Durban.  Port  Elizabeth,  Mar- 
itzburg  and  Cape  Town. 

Returning  to  London  Mr.  Stanford  ap- 
peared as  Dudley  Kepple,  in  "One  of  the 
Best,"  at  the  Princess's  Theatre,  and  was 
then  engaged  by  Sir  Henry  Irving  to  play 
Olivier,  in  "'Robespierre,"  opening  at  the 
Knickerbocker  Theatre,  New  York,  in  No- 
vember, 1900.  He  played  Prosper  Le  Gai,  in 
"The  Forest  Lovers,"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre, 
Xew  York,  with  Bertha  Galland,  and  in 
"Sweet  and  Twenty"  at  the  Madison  Square 
Theatre.  In  October,  1902,  Mr.  Stanford 
married  Laura  Burt,  the  actress,  in  New 

York.  Mr.  Stanford  was  re-engaged  by  Sir  Henry  Irving  to  play  the  title  role  in 
"Faust"  at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  London.  He  played  at  Drury  Lane  Theatre, 
toured  America  and  remained  with  Sir  Henry  until  his  death  in  October,  1905.  Mr. 
Stanford  then  returned  to  New  York  to  play  Prinzevalle,  in  "Monna  Vanna,"  with 
Bertha  Kalich.  The  season  of  1906-'07  he  starred  jointly  with  his  wife  in  "Dorothy 
Yernon  of  Haddon  Hall."  He  is  a  member  of  The  Players,  New  York. 


STANDING,   HERBERT,  actor,  was  born  in  Peckham,  near  London,  in 
1846.     He  made  his  first  appearance,  under  the  name  of  Herbert  Crellin, 
at  the  old   Queen's  Theatre,  Long  Acre,  London,  as  Langford.   in  "Still 
Waters  Run  Deep,"  the  part  of  Hawkesley  being  played  by  Charles  Wynd- 
ham, under  whose  management  Mr.   Standing  in  after  years  made  many  of  his 
principal  successes.     A  provincial  tour  Avas  followed  by  a  three  years'  engagement 
at  the  Princess's.     Then  he  joined  the  Lyceum  company  in  1871  to  create  the  part 
of  Christian,  in  the  production  by  Sir  Henry  Irving  of  "The  Bells."     Later  he 
became  a  member  of  the  Criterion  Company,  in  which  he  remained  for  more  than 
ten  years.     Among  his  best  impersonations  were  Sir  Peter  Wagstaffe,  in  "Pink 
Dominos";  John  Penryn.  in  "Truth,"  and  Captain  MacManus,  in  "Betsy."    After 
this  he  appeared  in  a  number  of  comedy  roles  at  the  West  End  theatres  and  in 
"A  Million  of  Money,"  at  Drury  Lane,  in  1890. 

For  the  last  decade  he  has  been  closely  associated  with  the  American  stage,  play- 
ing many  important  roles.  September  10,  1906,  he  played  Mr.  Galland.  in  "The 
Dear  Unfair  Sex,"  produced  at  the  Liberty  Theatre,  New  York. 

Mr.  Standing  is  the  brother  of  W.  T.  Carleton.  the  well  known  operatic  baritone, 
and  the  father  of  Guy  Standing,  the  actor. 

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STANDING,  GUY,  actor,  was  born  in  England,  his  father  being  Herbert 
Standing,  the  well  known  English  actor,  who  has  won  much  success  in  Amer- 
ica.    Guy  Standing  first  attracted  attention  in  New  York  in  1892,  when  he 
supported  Mrs.  Bernard  Beere  in  her  American  debut,  made  on  November 
14,  1892,  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre,  in  34th  street,  which  afterward  became  Koster 
&  Bial's  Music  Hall.     The  season  of  1893  he  was  a  member  of  Loie  Fuller's  specialty 
company.     Charles  Frohman  then  engaged  him,  and  he  went  on  tour  in  "Sowing 
the  Wind."     In  1896  he  supported  Annie  Russell,  in  "Sue,''  and  the  following  season 
supported  Maude  Adams,  in  "The  Little  Minister,"  and  was  a  member  of  the  Empire 
Theatre  Company.     Then  followed  engagements  in  suppoprt  of  John  Drew,  Fay 
Davis  and  Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell.     The  fall  season  of  1906  he  was  starred  by  the 
Shuberts   in  "The   Society   Policeman."     Mr.    Standing   has   married    twice.     His 
first  wife,  from  whom  he  was  divorced,  was  Isabelle  Urquhart.     He  then  married 
Blanche  Burton. 


SCHUMANN-HEINK,  MADAME,  grand  opera  prima  donna,  was  born 
in  Lieben,  near  Prague,  July  15,  1861,  her  father  being  an  Austrian  major. 
Her  maiden  name  was  Ernestine  Ressler.    She  was  educated  in  the  Ursuline 
Convent  at  Prague,   where   also  she  began  her  singing.     Before   she   was 
seventeen  years  old  she  was  engaged  as  principal  contralto  of  the  Dresden  Court 
Opera,  and  she  made  her  entrance  on  the  stage  October  13,  1878.  as  Azucena,  in 
"II  Trovatore."     In  the  fourth  year  of  her  service  at  the  Court  Opera  she  was 
married  to  Herr  Heink  and  left  the  stage.     After  a  short  retirement  she  reap- 
peared as  Ernestine  Heink  in  Hamburg,  in  the  fall  of  1883.     Fame  came  to  her 
in  Berlin  when  she  sang  a  star  engagement  at  Kroll's  Theatre,  but  Germany  knew 
little  of  her  powers  until  she  sang  at  Bayreuth.     She  later  was  a  member  of  the 
Metropolitan  Opera  House  force  in  New  York  for  several  seasons.     The  season  of 
1905-'06  she  starred  in  a  light  opera,  "Love's  Lottery,"  by  Julian  Edwardes. 

In  1893  she  was  divorced  from  Mr.  Heink  and  married  Paul  Schumann,  an 
actor  and  stage  manager. 


STONE,  MISS  AMELIA,  actress  and  singer,  was  born  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  in 
1879;  was  educated  in  the  Detroit  public  schools,  and  received  the  ground- 
work of  her  musical  education  from  a  Detroit  teacher,  George  Tyler.  When 
fifteen  years  old  her  voice  attracted  the  attention  of  Colonel  Lou  Burt,  at 
that  time  Eminent  Commander  of  Detroit  Commandery  No.  1,  K.  T.,  and  he  in- 
duced her  to  sing  at  several  musical  entertainments.  The  result  of  this  was  that 
she  was  engaged  to  sing  at  the  Masonic  Temple  Roof  Garden.  Here  she  was  heard 
by  W.  H.  MacDonald,  of  the  Bostonians,  and  was  engaged  for  the  part  of  Annabel. 
in  "Robin  Hood."  Her  next  engagement  was  to  play  Little  Billee  in  a  burlesque 
of  "Trilby."  While  singing  this  part  the  late  Charles  H.  Hoyt  engaged  her  for  his 
"A  Trip  to  Chinatown"  company,  and  she  went  to  Australia  with  the  company. 
She  was  afterward  leading  woman  in  Hoyt's  "A  Stranger  in  New  York"  during 
the  New  York  and  London  runs  of  that  play.  She  made  an  impression  in  London, 
and  was  engaged  to  play  Morgiana  in  the  Drury  Lane  pantomime  of  "The  Forty 
Thieves."  Then  she  made  a  vaudeville  tour  of  Europe.  In  1900  she  returned  to 
the  operatic  stage,  playing  the  Yienese  dancing  girl  Franzi,  in  "Vienna  Life,"  in 
which  she  was  successful  to  a  wonderful  degree.  More  recently  she  was  seen  in 
"The  Chinese  Honeymoon"  and  "Piff,  Faff,  Pouf,"  at  the  Casino  Theatre,  New  York. 

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SPENCER,  MISS  LUCY  (MRS.  CHARLES  SARVER),  actress  and 
playwright,  was  born  in  Northampton,  Mass..  June  7.  1884.     She  made  her 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  playing  a  small  part  in  "Mary  of  Magdala," 
at  the  Manhattan  Theatre.   New  York,,  with  Mrs.   Fiske.     The  following 
season  she  played  the  ingenue  part  in  "The  Cavalier,"  and  the  season  of  1904-'05 
she  played  Lady  Jane,  in  "Becky  Sharp,"  with  Mrs.  Fiske.     She  also  played  Tilda, 
in  "The  Rose,"  and  Jean  Ingomarach,  in  "The  Proud  Laird."     She  has  also  played 
ingenue  parts  in  several  summer  stock  companies  and  has  published  four  songs. 

In  1905  Miss  Spencer  joined  the  staff  of  "The  New  York  World"  to  write 
dramatic  reviews  and  interviews.  October  20,  1905,  she  was  married  to  Charles 
Sarver,  city  editor  of  "The  AVorld."  She  has  since  written  several  one-act  plays, 
including  "His  Japanese  Teacher."  produced  at  the  Carnegie  Lyceum,  and  "Through 
a  Glass  Darkly." 


STEWART,  WILLIAM  G.,  baritone  singer  and  actor,  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  in  1870.     His  father,  N.  Coe  Stewart,  in  1898  was  Superintend- 
ent of  Music  in  the  public  schools  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.     William  G.  Stewart 
made  his  stage  debut  in  the  chorus  of  the  Baker  Opera  Company.     His  first 
important  role  was  that  of  Count  Arnheim,  in  "The  Bohemian  Girl."     He  made  his 
mark  in  roles  in  "Madame  Favart,"  "Puritana"  and  "Amorita,"  in  Pauline  Hall's 
company,    and    was    also    prominent    in    the    cast    of    Laura    Schirmer-Mapleson's 
"Favette"  company.     For  three  seasons  he  played  small  parts  in  Augustin  Daly's 
company,   one   season  going  with   it  to   London.     After  appearing   with   Camille 
D'Arville,  in  "Madeleine;  or,  The  Magic  Kiss,"  and  "The  Daughter  of  the  Revolu- 
tion," he  joined  the  Castle  Square  Opera  Company,  becoming  in  time  its  general 
director  as  well  as  principal  baritone.     Of  late  years  he  has  managed  his  own  com- 
pany and  produced  grand  opera  in  English  at  the  Grand  Opera  House,  New  York. 


SUTRO,   ALFRED,    playwright,    was   born   in   London   in   1858.     He   was 
educated  at  the  City  of  Ixmdon  School  and  at  Brussels.     He  is  the  author 
of  "Carrots,"  produced  in  England  by  Forbes-Robertson  and  played  in  this 
country  by  Ethel  Barrymore ;  "The  Chili  Widow,"  "The  Cave  of  Illusion," 
"Ella's  Apology/'  "A  Game  of  Chess,"  "The  Gutter  of  Time,"  "Mr.  Steinmann's 
Corner,"  "Women  in  Love,"  "Arethusa,"  "A  Lovely  Life,"  "A  Marriage  Has  Been 
Arranged,"  "The  Walls  of  Jericho,"1  produced  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  London,  in 
1904,  and  afterward  by  J.  K.  Hackett  in  the  United  States:  "A  Perfect  Lover,'"  pro- 
duced in  1905 ;  "The  Fascinating  Mr.  Vanderveldt,"  produced  in  New  York  in  1906,, 
and  "The  Price  of  Money,"  produced  at  the  Garrick  Theatre,  New  York,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1906,  with  W.  H.  Crane  in  the  star  part.     Mr.  Sutro  has  translated  several  of 
Maeterlinck's  books  into  English.     His  home  address  is  No.  10  Russell-  Mansions. 
Southampton  Row,  W.  C.,  London,  England. 


SULLY,  DANIEL  (SULLIVAN),  actor,  was  born  in  Newport,  R.  L,  No- 
vember 6,  1855.     As  a  boy  he  became  such  an  expert  turner  of  handsprings 
that  he  obtained   an  engagement  with  Lentz's  circus  as  a  tumbler.     He 
forsook  the  sawdust  ring  for  the  song  and  dance  act,  and  toured  the  variety 
theatres  until  1883,  toward  the  latter  end  of  this  time  writing  sketches  which  met 
with  favor.     In  1884  he  constructed  a  farce  out  of  the  "Peck's  Bad  Boy"  stories. 
but,  owing  to  a  disagreement  with  Mr.  Peck,  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  it.     He 

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then  rewrote  an  old  English  comedy  called  "The  Chimney  Corner."  calling  it  "The 
Corner  Grocery,"  and  in  this  lie  starred  for  the  next  live  years,  making  of  it  a  mosi 
successful  venture.  The  comedy  "Daddy  Nolan,"  a  sequel  to  "The  Corner  Grocery.''' 
was  his  next  production,  in  1885,  and  this  was  followed  by  "O'Brien,  the  Contractor." 
This  he  played  profitably  for  five  years. 

In  1899  he  produced' "The  Parish  Priest."     It  was  followed  by  "The  Old  Mill 
Stream,"  "The  Chief  Justice"  and  "Our  Pastor"  in  1904. 


Sl'MMEKS,   MISS   MADLYN  JANE,  actress  and   dancer,  was   born  in 
New  York.     She  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Emily  Summers  and  Captain  James 
C.  Summers,  who  is  yachting  editor  of  "The  New  York  Tribune."     He  was 
a  volunteer  officer  in  the  United  States  Navy  during  the  Spanish-American 
War,  and  is  now  an  officer  of  the  Old  Guard,  of  New  York.     Her  first  engagement 
was  with  Klaw  &  Erlanger's  "Ben  Hur"  company,  at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  New 
York,  in  1900.     The  same  year  she  joined  the  New  York  Theatre  company,  dancing 

in  "Broadway  to  Tokio."  "The  King's  Carni- 
val" and  other  productions  for  two  years.  In 
November,  190^,  Miss  Summers  was  engaged 
by  Mrs.  Robert  Osborn  to  appear  as  one  of 
the  six  little  dancing  girls  who  supported 
Blanche  King  in  "Tommy  Hot,"  which  had 
quite  a  successful  run  at  Mrs.  Osborn's  play- 
house. In  the  summer  of  190:5  she  was  en- 
gaged by  Oscar  Hammerstein  to  play  the  part 
of  the  little  colored  toe  dancer  in  a  piece  of 
his  own  composition.  Attracted  by  her 
clever  dancing,  Weber  &  Fields  then  engaged 
Miss  Summers  for  the  new  production  with 
which  they  opened  their  music  hall  in  Sep- 
tember, 1903.  In  April,  1905,  she  was  sent 
to  Chicago  by  the  manager  of  the  "San  Toy" 
company  to  fill  the  part  of  Pansy,  which  she 
played  both  in  the  West  and  at  Daly's  The- 
atre in  New  York.  During  the  summer  of 

1905  she  played  the  part  of  Benuie,  the  newsboy,  and  >sang  the  cowboy  song  in  the 
show  under  Mr.  Werba's  management  at  the  Wistaria  Grove — the  roof  garden — of 
the  New  York  Theatre.  Joining  Joe  Weber's  company  in  the  fall,  she  travelled 
with  them  all  through  the  South  as  far  as  New  Orleans,  returning  to  open  at  their 
Music  Hall  on  Broadway.  She  played  Grouchy,  the  small  cowboy,  in  "The  Squaw 
Man's  Girl  of  the  Golden  West." 


SUMMEBVILLE,  MISS  AMELIA  (MRS.  MAX  STEFAN),  actress,  was 
born  in  Kildare,  Ireland,  being  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Serby  Shaw.  Having 
been  taken  to  Canada  when  a  child,  she  was  educated  at  the  public  schools  in 
Toronto.     She  made  her  first  appearance  on  the  stage  with  Holman's  Eng- 
lish Opera  Company,  in  Toronto,  when  she  was  only  eight  years  old.    She  was  a  ballet 
dancer  in  "The  Black  Crook"  company  for  two  years.    When  quite  young  she  was 
married  to  Frederick  Runnels.     She  obtained  a  divorce,  and  some  years  later  she 
became  the  wife  of  Max  E.  Stepan,  a  singer,  known  as  Max  Eugene. 

Miss  Summerville  made  her  greatest  success  as  Rosctta,  the  "Merry  Little  Moun- 

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tain  Maid/'  in  "Adonis/'  and  for  years  she  was  associated  with  that  part.  She  also 
attracted  much  attention  as  Baby  Malone,  in  the  opera,  "Brian  Boru."  She  played 
for  a  season  the  title  role  in  "Trilby,"  and  has  also  been  seen  in  "The  Merry  World," 
"Cumberland,  '61,"  in  "Jane"  and*  in  "The  Cotton  King."  The  season  of  1905-'06 
Miss  Summerville  played  Mrs.  Shimmering  in  "The  Earl  and  the  Girl."  Her  New 
York  address  is  No.  108  West  45th  street. 


TEMPEST,  MISS  MARIE  (MRS.  C.  COSMO  GORDON-LENNOX), 
actress,  was  born  in  London  July  15,  1862,  being  the  daughter  of  Edwin 
and  Sarah  Etherington.    She  was  educated  at  the  Convent  des  Ursulines, 
Thildonck,  Belgium,  and  studied  music  in  Paris  and  at  the  Eoyal  Academy 
of  Music.  London,  where  she  took  the  silver  medal  for  Italian  and  the  gold  medal  for 
English  singing.     While  a  student  there,  and  still  in  her  teens,  she  married  a  young 
pianoforte  student  named  Izard.     A  few  years  afterward  Izard  obtained  a  divorce 
and  $50.000  damages  for  the  alienation  of  his  wife's  affections  from  the  late  Henry 
J.  Leslie,  then  lessee  and  manager  of  the  Lyric  Theatre,  London. 

Miss  Tempest  made  her  first  appearance  as  a  prima  donna  of  light  opera  at 
the  Comedy  Theatre,  London,  in  "Boccaccio,"  in  1880.  She  afterward  played  in 
"The  Fay  o'  Fire"  at  the  Opera  Comique  and  in  "Frivoli"  at  the  Drury  Lane  The- 
atre. In  1884  she  made  her  first  great  success  as  Dorothy  in  the  opera  of  that  name 
by  B.  C.  Stephenson  and  Alfred  Cellier.  This  was  first  produced  at  the  Gaiety 
Theatre  by  George  Edwardes,  where  it  fell  flat.  Henry  J.  Leslie  then  took  a  lease 
of  the  Lyric  Theatre  and  starred  Miss  Tempest  in  the  part.  The  result  was  a 
record  breaking  success.  "Doris"  and  "The  Red  Hussar"  followed.  Then  Mr. 
Leslie  brought  Miss  Tempest  and  his  entire  company  to  this  country,  where  she 
met  with  extraordinary  personal  success  and  he  with  financial  failure. 

Under  the  title  of  the  "Dresden  China  Prima  Donna"  Miss  Tempest  starred  in 
"Carmen,"  "Mignon,"  "Manon,"  "The  Fencing  Master,"  "Vogelhandler"  and  "The 
Algerian."  In  1895  she  returned  to  England  and  appeared  in  "The  Artist's  Model" 
at  Daly's  Theatre,  London,  and  in  "The  Geisha,"  in  1896 ;  "The  Greek  Slave,"  in 
1898,  and  "San  Toy,"  in  1899.  In  1900  she  forsook  the  comic  opera  stage  for  legiti- 
mate comedy,  appearing  as  Nell  Gwynn,  in  "English  Nell" ;  "Becky  Sharpe"  and,  in 
1903,  in  "The  Marriage  of  Kitty,"  an  adaptation  from  the  French  by  Charles 
Cosmo  Gordon-Lennox — a  son  of  Lord  Alexander  Gordon-Lennox,  brother  of  the 
Duke  of  Richmond — who  had  become  Miss  Tempest's  second  husband.  She  after- 
ward toured  this  country  with  her  own  company  in  this  play.  During  the  season  of 
1905-'06  she  played  "The  Freedom  of  Suzanne"  in  London. 


TEMPLETON,    MISS    FAY    (MRS.    WILLIAM    PATTERSON), 
comedienne,  was  born  in  1865,  her  father,  John  Templeton,  now  editor 
of  "The  Tammany  Times,"  New  York,  being  well  known  as  a  theatrical 
manager  at  that  time,  and  her  mother,  now  Mrs.  Alf.  C.  Whelan,  of  New 
York,  a  comic  opera  prima  donna  known  on  the  stage  as  Alice  Vane.    As  a  child 
Miss  Templeton  was  cradled  in  dressing  rooms  and  whenever  a  baby  was  needed 
in  the  cast  she  was  utilized.     She  was  three  years  old  when  she  made  her  stage 
debut,  dressed  as  Cupid,  and  sang  fairy  songs,  and  four  years  later  she  made  her 
first  appearance  in  New  York  as  Puck,  in  August  in  Daly's  production  of  "A  Mid- 
purnmer  Night's  Dream,"  at  the  Grand  Opera  House.    In  the  four  years  intervening 
between  those  two  appearances  she  had  played,  even  starred,  throughout  the  West 
and  South  in  the  Templeton  Opera  Company,  managed  by  her  father  and  in  which 

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her  mother  also  acted.  From  the  Grand  Opera  House  she  went  to  San  Francisco 
with  her  father's  company,  and  there  first  began  giving  imitations  and  burlesques 
of  prominent  actors. 

She  returned  to  New  York  again  to  appear  at  Niblo's  Garden,  spent  half  a 
dozen  years  in  repertoire  tours  through  the  South  and  West  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
had  become  a  light  opera  star  of  national  standing.  She  was  the  first  Bettina  of 
"The  Mascot"  in  this  country.  She  succeeded  Eliza  Weathersby  as  Gabriel,  in 
Edward  E.  Bice's  "Evangeline,"  appearing  in  it  at  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre 
in  New  York  and  playing  the  part  for  two  years. 

When  she  was  fifteen  years  old  and  while  both  were  members  of  her  father's 
company  Miss  Templeton  had  eloped  with  "Billy"  West,  the  minstrel,  and  been 
married  to  him  at  Nashville,  Tenn.  They  separated  in  two  months  and  were 
divorced  three  years  later.  Following  "Evangeline"  she  appeared  in  Bice's  "Cor- 
sair" in  New  York.  She  met  Howell  Osborn,  a  man  about  town,  who  was  known 
as  "The  King  of  the  Dudes,"  and  went  to  France  with  him.  where  they  were  mar- 
ried. The  marriage  was  kept  secret  because  Osborn's  relatives  had  threatened  to 
disinherit  him  if  he  married  the  actress  and  was  only  revealed  at  Osborn's  death 
in  1895,  when  he  bequeathed  $100,000  to  his  wife.  ]f  was  in  1<S<S7.  after  her  mar- 
riage to  Osborn.  that  Miss  Templeton  upset  the  theatrical  world  of  London.  She 
appeared  in  George  Edwardes's  production  of  "Monte  C'risto.  Jr.."  and  sang  a  song. 
"I  Like  It,  I  Do."  The  Lord  Chamberlain.  England's  theatre  censor,  objected  to 
the  song  and  Miss  Templeton's  costume  as  improper.  Mr.  Edwardes  discharged  her. 
but  she  fought  him  in  the  courts  and  forced  him  to  let  her  appear  without  a  sash 
Avhich  the  Lord  Chamberlain  had  stipulated  she  should  wear  and  sing  the  inter- 
dicted song.  After  a  period  of  absence  from  the  stage  which  she  spent  abroad  with 
Osborn  she  appeared  at  the  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre,  New  York,  in  the  burlesque 
"Hendrick  Hudson :  or,  the  Discovery  of  Columbus."  This  proving  a  failure,  she 
again  retired  from  the  footlights.  Her  reappearance  was  in  1893,  when  she  brought 
out  "Mme.  Favart."  It  was  not  until  1895,  when  Edward  E.  Rice  engaged  her 
for  "Excelsior,  Jr.."  that  she  leaped  again  into  popular  favor.  She  next  joined  the 
Weber  &  Fields  Music  Hall  Company  and,  devoting  herself  almost  entirely  to 
burlesque,  took  New  York  by  storm.  She  left  the  music  hall  in  1899  to  continue  her 
success  in  "The  Man  in  the  Moon"  and  "Broadway  to  Tokio,"  produced  at  the  New 
York  Theatre,  and  also  in  the  same  season  played  a  vaudeville  engagement  in  which 
she  first  presented  her  imitation  of  Fougere,  the  Parisian  chanteuse. 

On  August  1,  1906,  after  ending  her  season  in  successful  runs  in  New  York  and 
Chicago  in  George  M.  Cohan's  "Forty-five  Minutes  from  Broadway,"  Miss  Temple- 
ton,,  made  her  third  matrimonial  venture,  being  married  on  that  date  to  William 
Patterson,  a  widower  and  wealthy  manufacturer  of  elevator  and  conveying  appa- 
ratus, of  Pittsburg,  at  Bidgely  Park.  Penn. 


TERRY,  MISS  ELLEN  ALICE  (MRS.  E.  A.  WABDELL),  actress, 
was  born  in  Coventry,  England,  February  27,  1848,  being  the  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  F.  Terry,  well  known  provincial  actors  and  descendants 
of  old  theatrical  stock.     She  first  appeared  on  the  stage  at  the  age  of 
eight,  as  Mamilius.  in  "A  Winter's  Tale,"  under  Charles  Kean,  at  the  Princess's,  in 
London.     Some  years  later  she  joined  the  Bristol  company  of  John  Chute  and 
acted  with  Madge  Robertson,  Henrietta  Hodson  and  Kate  Bishop.     In   1863  she 
appeared  at  the  Royalty  and  Haymarket  theatres,  London.     In  1864  she  married 
G.  F.  Watts,  R.  A.,  the  celebrated  artist,  and  retired  for  a  time.     A  divorce  fol- 
lowed, and  she  married  E.  A.  Ward  ell,  a  journalist.     In  1867  she  reappeared  at 


the  Queen's  Theatre,  in  "A  Double  Marriage/'  and  in  December  of  the  same  year 
played  Katherine,  in  "Taming  of  the  Shrew/'  when  for  the  first  time  she  acted 
with  Irving. 

In  1868  she  withdrew  from  the  stage  for  seven  years,  emerging  again  to  play 
the  part  of  Philippa  Chester,  in  "The  Wandering  Heir/'  by  Charles  Reed,  at  the 
Prince  of  Wales's  Theatre.  In  1875  she  played  Portia,  in  "The  Merchant  of 
Venice,"  with  the  Bancrofts,  and  subsequently  went  with  John  Hare  to  the  Court 
Theatre,  where  she  created  the  part  of  Olivia,  in  "The  Vicar  of  Wakefield,"  and 
appeared  in  Lord  Lytton's  play,  "The  House  of  Darnley."  She  first  appeared  as  a 
member  of  Henry  Irving's  company  at  the  Lyceum  in  1878  as  Ophelia,  and 
remained  with  him  as  leading  woman  up  to  1902.  Among  the  parts  in  which  she 
has  achieved  fame  are  Desdemona,  Portia,  Lady  Macbeth,  Olivia,  Beatrice,  Mar- 
guerite, Imogene,  Viola,  Queen  Katherine,  Cordelia,  Lucy  Ashton,  Xance  Oldfield 
and  Madame  Sans-Gene. 

In  1904  she  appeared  at  His  Majesty's  Theatre  with  Beerbolmi  Tree,  in  "The 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor,"  in  which  Mrs.  Kendal  also  took  part,  and  in  J.  M. 
Barrie's  "Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire,"  at  the  Duke  of  York's  Theatre.  In  1905  she 
made  an  extended  provincial  tour,  and  in  1906  she  celebrated  her  stage  jubilee,  in 
which  all  London  took  part.  She  has  visited  the  United  States  several  times  as 
leading  woman  for  Sir  Henry  Irving. 

Miss  Terry's  home  is  Tower  Cottage,  Winchelsea,  Sussex.  England. 


TROUT  MAX,  MISS  IVY,  actress,  was  born  and  educated  at  Long  Branch, 
N.  J.     Being  ambitious  for  a  stage  career,  she  went  to  New  York  in  1902 
and  succeeded  in  obtaining  an  engagement  at  Wallack's  Theatre  for  a  very 
small  part  in  "The  Last  Appeal."     She  next  appeared  as  one  of  Villon's 
boisterous  companions,  with  E.  H.  Sothern,  in  "If  I  Were  King."     A  short  engage- 
ment with  Grace  George,  in  "Pretty  Peggy,"  followed,  and  then  for  two  years  she 
supported  Amelia  Bingham,  attracting  attention  by  her  acting  of  Miss  Godesby,  in 
"The  Climbers." 

In  the  spring  of  1905  Miss  Troutman  joined  the  Castle  Square  company  in 
Boston,  playing  a  large  number  of  parts.  The  season  of  1905-'06  she  played  Bessie 
Tenner,  in  "The  College  Widow,''  and  in  "Gallops,"  with  Charles  Richman.  Her 
home  is  at  Long  Branch,  where  she  is  well  known  as  an  expert  swimmer. 


THOMAS,  AUGUSTUS,  playwright,  was  born  in  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  January 
9,  1859,  being  the  son  of  Dr.  E.  B.  Thomas.     He  was  educated  at  the 
public  schools.     He  was  a  page  boy  of  the  Forty-first  Congress,  and  after- 
ward, for  six  years,  was  a  railroad  worked.     He  then  became  a  special 
writer  for  newspapers  in  St.  Louis,  Kansas  City  and  Xew  York.     At  one  time  he 
was  the  editor  and  proprietor  of  "The  Kansas  City  Mirror." 

While  in  St.  Louis  Mr.  Thomas,  with  W.  F.  Dickson,  W.  G.  Smyth e,  now  a 
theatrical  manager,  and  Edward  Smith,  the  playwright,  then  a  budding  actor, 
organized  the  Dickson  Sketch  Club,  and  for  that  organization  he  wrote  a  one  act 
play  from  Mrs.  Frances  Hodgson  Burnett's  story,  "Editha's  Burglar,"  in  which  he 
acted  Bill  Lewis,  the  burglar.  Delia  Fox  made  her  first  stage  appearance  at  the  same 
time  as  Editha.  The  success  of  this  little  play  determined  Mr.  Thomas's  career. 
He  expanded  it  to  three  acts  and  E.  H.  Sothern  starred  in  it  under  the  title  of 
"The  Burglar." 

In   1890  Mr.  Thomas  married  Lisle  Colby,  the  daughter  of  John  Colby,  with 

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whom  he  had  studied  law,  and  thenceforth  devoted  himself  to  dramatic  literature. 
He  is  the  author  of  "Alabama,"  "In  Mizzoura,"  played  by  Xat  Goodwin ;  "Arizona," 
"Colorado,"  "Man  of  the  World,"  "Afterthoughts,"  "The  Man  Upstairs,"  "The 
Meddler,"  "Oliver  Goldsmith,"  "On  the  Quiet,"  played  l»y  William  Collier;  "A 
Proper  Impropriety,"  "That  Overcoat,"  "The  Capitol,"  "Xew  Blood;'  "The  Hoosier 
Doctor,"  "The  Earl  of  Pawtucket,"  which  brought  Lawrance  D'Orsay  into  promi- 
nence ;  "The  Other  Girl,"  "Mrs.  Leffingwell's  Boots,"  "The  Education  of  Mr.  Pipp," 
for  Digby  Bell;  "Jim  De  Lancey,"  played  by  John  Drew,  and  "The  Embassy  Ball." 
He  is  a  member  of  The  Players  and  The  Lambs  and  the  American  Dramatists'  Club. 
His  home  is  at  Xew  Rochelle,  X.  Y. 


TYLER,  MISS  ODETTE  (MRS.  R.  I).   SHEPHERD),  actress,  was 
born   in   Savannah,  Ga.,   September  26,  1872.     Her  father  was  General 
William   W.    Kirkland,  an   officer  in  the   Confederate   army  during  the 
Civil   War,  her  maiden  name  being  Elizabeth   Lee  Kirkland.     She  was 
educated  at  Loretto  Convent,  Guelph,  Ontario.     When  she  was  fourteen  years  old 
she  made  her  first  appearance  on   the   stage,   under   the  name  of   Odette  Tyler, 
at  the  Madison   Square   Theatre,    Xew   York,   under  the   management   of  Daniel 

Frohman.  Two  years  later  she  played 
small  parts  on  the  road  with  Minnie 
Maddern,  in  "Caprice"  and  other  plays. 
She  played  the  leading  part  in  the  {pro- 
duction of  "Shenandoah"  in  1892.  She 
was  a  member  of  Charles  Frohman's 
stock  company  at  the  Twenty-third 
Street  Theatre  for  five  years,  playing 
in  "Men  and  Women,"  "The  Lost  Para- 
dise," "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me," 
"The  Younger  Son"  and  "The  Coun- 
cillor's Wife,"  in  the  last  named  of 
which  she  played  the  title  part  and 
made  her  first  pronounced  success. 

She  also  supported  Xat  Goodwin  for 
a  season  in  Boston,  playing  in  "Colo- 
nel Tom."  She  starred  in  "Phroso" 
under  the  management  of  Charles 
Frohman.  Miss  Tyler,  in  conjunction 
-  y  with  her  husband,  has  recently  ap- 

jfajj.  \  peared  at  the  head   of  her  own  com- 

J^        panies,  the  season  of   1905-'06  main- 


taining  a  stock  repertoire  company  at 
Washington,  D.  C. 

On  April  1,   1897,   Miss  Tyler  be- 


came the  wife  of  Rezin  Davis  Shep- 
herd, of  Shepherd stown,  W.  Va.,  who  has  adopted  the  stage  as  a  profession  and 
plays  under  the  name  of  R.  D.  MacLean.  They  own  a  magnificent  country  estate 
of  a  thousand  acres,  called  Wild  Goose,  at  Shepherdstown,  which  was  named  after 
Mr.  Shepherd.  Miss  Tyler  is  the  author  of  "Boss:  A  Story  of  Virginia  Life," 
many  magazine  stories  and  the  play  "Red  Carnation,"  which  was  produced  in  Xew 
York. 

The  season  of  1906-'07  she  played  in  "The  Love  Route." 

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TILLY,  MISS  VESTA  (MRS.  WALTER  DE  FKEECE),  vaudeville 
singer,  was  born  in  Worcester,  England,  being  the  daughter  of  the  late  Ham 
Ball,  a  vaudeville  comedian.     She  made  her  tirst  appearance  when  only  three 
years  old.  at  Gloucester,  England,  and  has  been  continuously  before  the  pub- 
lic ever  since.     At  six  years  of  age  she  was  known  as  "Tiny  Tilly,  the  pocket  Sims 
Reeves."     She  then  sang  songs  in  a  childish  voice,  dressed  in  the  full  evening  dress 
of  a  man.     She  lias  worn  male  attire  in  her  business  ever  since.     She  has  frequently 
visited  this  country,  where  she  is  popular.     In  private  life  ^liss  Tilly  is  the  wife  of 
her  manager,  Walter  de  Freece. 

TVBEE,  MISS  ELIZABETH,  actress,  was  born  in  Virginia,  her  family 
being  of  Scotch  descent.    Her  great  grandfather  fought  in  the  War  of  the 
Revolution,  and  her  father  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Confederate  Army  during 
the  Civil  War.     Miss  Tyree,  deciding  to  adopt  the  stage  as  a  profession, 
went  to  New  York  in  1890,  and  studied  at  a  dramatic  school,  where  she  attracted 
the  attention  of  Mrs.  Kendal,  the  English  actress,  who  procured  for  her  an  engage- 
ment with  the  Lyceum  Stock  Company,  which  lasted  over  a  period  of  ten  years. 
Miss  Tyree  made  her  first  success  as  Phyllis  Lee.  in  "The  Charity  Ball."     Subse- 
quently, she  supported  E.  H.  Sothern,  Georgia  Cay  van  and  John  Drew. 

One  of  her  greatest  hits  was  as  Avonia  Bonn,  in  "Trelawney  of  the  Wells."  She 
also  played  in  "The  Dancing  Girl."  "Lady  Bountiful,"  "The  Gray  Mare,"  "The 
Guardsman,"  "An  American  Duchess,"  "Our  Country  Cousins,"  "The  Amazons," 
"A  Woman's  Silence,"  "The  Case  of  Rebellious  Susan,"  "An  Ideal  Husband,"  "The 
Benefit  of  the  Doubt,"  "The  Courtship  of  Leonie."  "When  a  Man's  Married,"  "The 
Mayflower,"  "The  Princess  and  the  Butterfly,"  "The  Liars,"  "Americans  at  Home," 
"The  Manoeuvres  of  Jane,"  "The  Ambassador,'"  "The  Men  of  Forty''  and  "Un- 
leavened Bread." 

Miss  Tyree  also  appeared  in  "The  Romanesques,"  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre, 
New  York,  and  as  Molly  Pitcher  in  "Captain  Molly,"  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre. 


URQUHART,  MISS  ISABELLE,  actress,  was  born  in  New  York,  De- 
cember 9,  1865.     Her  father  died  when  she  was  four  years  old,  and  at 
the  age  of  ten  her  mother  placed  her  in  a  convent  school,  where  she  re- 
mained five  years.     Then  she  made  her  debut  as  a  chorus  girl  in  "Billee 
Taylor"  in  the  old  Standard  Theatre,  New  York.     After  a  brief  season  as  a  chorus 
girl,  she  joined  the  Daly  Theatre  company  and  appeared  as  Edinge,  in  "Girouette" ; 
Mary  Ann,  in  "The  Passing  Regiment,"  and  in  an  old  woman  part  in  "The  Squire." 
In  the  summer  of  1883  she  joined  H.  M.  Pitt's  comedy  company.     In  1884  she  ap- 
peared at  Wallack's  in  the  run  of  "Madame  Piper."  and  on  September  28  of  that 
year  she  joined   Miles  and  Barton's   Comic   Opera   Company,  playing  V«nus,  in 
"Orpheus  and  Eurydice." 

In  the  summer  of  1885  she  played  in  E.  E.  Rice's  "Polly"  company  at  the 
Casino,  New  Yrork,  making  a  success  as  Ensign  Daffodil.  The  following  season  she 
was  with  Lawrence  Barrett  and  appeared  at  the  Globe  Theatre.  Boston,  as  Nicol, 
in  "The  King's  Pleasure" ;  Donna  Isabella,  in  "The  Wonder,"  and  Portia,  in  "Julius 
Caesar." 

She  returned  to  musical  plays  on  receiving  an  offer  from  Rudolph  Aronson,  and 
joining  the  New  York  Casino  company  became  one  of  the  features  of  the  comic- 
operas  which  made  the  Casino  famous  for  so  long  a  period.  She  was  the  Cerise 
of  "Erminie,"  the  Papanea  of  "Madelen"  and  the  Princess  Etelka  of  "Nadjy." 

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The  season  of  1895-'96  she  played  Catherine  Petkoff.  in  "Anns  and  the  Man."  and 
in  "How  He  Lied  to  Her  Husband/'  with  Arnold  Daly. 

Miss  Urquhart's  home  is  No.  179  Woodland  avenue,  New  Eochelle,  X.  Y. 


UNDERWOOD,   MISS   ISABELLE,   actress  and   singer,   was  born   in 
Belleville,  111.,  being  the  daughter  of  Edward  M.  and  Marie  Louise  Ogle 
Underwood.     None  of  her  relatives  were  in  any  way  connected  with  the 
stage.     She  made  her  first  appearance,  as  an  amateur,  as  Katisha.  in  "The 
Mikado/'  at  a  benefit  performance  given  by  the  Thursday  Club,  at  the  Columbia 
Theatre,  Chicago,  in  1895.     Her  first  professional  appearance  was  as  the  Queen,  in 
"The  Bohemian  Girl,"  July  4,  1896.  at  the  Schiller  Theatre,  Chicago,  in  a  stock 

company     under    the    management    of 
Paul    I. a  Bonoffi. 

In  the  fall  of  1900  Miss  Underwood 
appeared  as  Jack,  in  the  first  produc- 
tion of  A.  Baldwin  Sloane's  "Jack  and 
the  Beanstalk."  which  opened  in  Brook- 
lyn and  then  made  a  long  tour  of  the 
country.  The  following  season  she  was 
the  Lorraine  in  the  late  Kirke  La 
Shelle's  production  of  "Princess  Chic." 
More  recently  she  was  seen  as  Paola 
and  as  the  Queen,  in  "King  Dodo," 
under  the  Savage  management,  and  as 
Willie,  in  "The  Burgomaster,"  under 
the  management  of  W.  W.  Til  lotion. 

Miss  Underwood  played  prima 
donna  roles  throughout  the  summer  sea- 
son of  1902  in  a  company  under  her 
own  management  at  Pleasure  Bay, 
Long  Branch,  N.  J..  and  the  following- 
fall  she  appeared  as  Gabriel,  in  a  re- 
vival of  E.  E.  Eice's  "Evangeline,"  in 
Boston  and  Philadelphia.  The  seasons 
of  1904  and  1905  Miss  Underwood 
played  Prince  Charming,  in  "Beauty 
and  the  Beast."  The  fall  season  of 

1906  she  was  with  "The  Gingerbread  Man"  company,  in  the  part  originally  played 
by  Helen  Bertram. 

Miss  Underwood  is  a  member  of  the  Actors'  Church  Alliance.     Her  favorite- 
recreations  are  tennis  and  bowling. 

Miss  Underwood's  New  York  address  is  the  Gerard,  West  44th  street. 

VICTORIA,  VESTA,  vaudeville  actress  and  singer,  is  the  daughter  of  the 
late  "Joe"  Lawrence,  an  oldtime  English  variety  performer,  who  first 
earned  popularity  by  standing  on  his  head,  by  which  he  was  known  aa 
the  "upside-down  comedian."     Born  and  educated  in  London,  she  first 
appeared  in  the  music  halls  of  that  city  about  eighteen  years  ago.     The  song  which 
first  brought  her  popularity  was  "Daddy  Wouldn't  Buy  Me  a  Bow-wow."     This 
was   whistled   and   sung   everywhere.     She   brought   it   to   this   country,   where   it 

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became  a  craze.  For  years  she  has  been  a  popular  vaudeville  and  music  hall  per- 
former on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  Her  successful  song  of  1905,  "It's  All  Right 
in  the  Summer  Time/'  was  eclipsed  by  her  1906  song,  "Waiting  at  the  Church," 
which  attained  extraordinary  popularity. 


VERXOX,  MISS  IDA,  actress,  was  born  in   1843.     Her  father  was  an 
officer  in  the  British  army,  a  younger  son  of  the  Scotch  Earl  of  Caithness, 
her  mother  of  French  Huguenot  extraction.     She  made  her  debut  at  the 
Boston  Theatre  in  September,  1856,  as  one  of  the  Little  Blossom  Fairies 
in  "A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream."     She  played  with  Edwin  Forrest  as  a  member 
of  the  old  Boston  Theatre  company,  and  in  New  York  with  Charlotte  Cushman, 
Laura  Keene  and  many  famous  actors. 

Miss  Vernon  was  a  young  and  popular  actress  in  Richmond  at  the  time  of  the 
Civil  War,  and  there,  although  young,  had  accumulated  considerable  property. 
This  was  confiscated  after  the  burning  of  that  city,  and  she  divided  her  time  be- 
tween acting  and  nursing  in  the  hospitals.  She  ran  the  blockade  once,  when  coming 
North  to  bring  a  little  niece,  crossing  the  Potomac  on  a  flat  boat.  Attempting 
to  return,  she  was  arrested  at  Martinsburg  and  sent  to  Washington.  When  released 
she  came  to  New  York,  but  soon  made  another  attempt  to  return  to  Richmond. 
She  was  arrested  at  Fortress  Monroe,  where  she  was  held  in  prison  for  six  weeks. 
When  freed  again,  Miss  Vernon  sailed  to  London,  remaining  there  some  time  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Matthews. 

Sailing  to  Halifax,  and  thence  to  Bermuda,  she  managed  to  reach  Williamsburg, 
N.  C.,  on  a  coasting  vessel,  and  thence  she  went  to  Richmond.  She  had  several 
new  plays  that  had  never  been  seen  in  the  South,  among  them  "Leah"  and  "East 
Lynne,"  the  latter  of  which  she  played  one  hundred  and  twenty  nights,  something 
unprecedented  in  Richmond.  After  the  war  Miss  Yernon  was  leading  woman  with 
J.  K.  Emmett  and  later  was  a  star.  The  season  of  1906-'07  she  supported  Mrs. 
Fiske. 


WAIXWRIGHT,    MISS    MARIE    (MRS.    FRAXKLYX    ROB- 
ERTS), actress,  is  a  daughter  of  the  late  Commodore  Wainwright,  II. 
S.   N.,  and  granddaughter  of  Bishop  Wainwright.     She  was  born  in 
Philadelphia,  but  was  educated  chiefly  in  Paris,  where  she  trained  for 
the  lyric  stage.     She  afterward  decided  to  embrace  the  legitimate,  and  she  made  her 
first  appearance  on  the  professional  stage  at  Booth's  Theatre,  Sixth  avenue  and 
23d  street,  New  York,  in  a  scene  from  "Romeo  and  Juliet,"  at  George  Rignold's 
benefit,  when  he  played  Romeo  to  six  Juliets.     Then  she  accepted  an  engagement 
from  Mr.  Rignold  to  play  the  Princess,  in  "Henry  Y."     Her  next  appearance  was 
as  Josephine,  in  "Pinafore,"  of  which  she  was  the  first  representative  in  this  country, 
on  the  stage  of  the  Boston  Museum. 

After  this  she  created  the  part  of  Nadge,  in  "The  Exiles,"  at  the  Boston  Theatre. 
Then  she  became  leading  woman  for  Lawrence  Barrett,  with  him  playing  Francesca, 
in  "Francesca  da  Rimini."  From  Mr.  Barrett's  company  she  went  to  David  Belasco's 
company  in  New  Orleans  as  a  stock  star.  Then  she  starred  with  Louis  James  for 
three  years,  playing  Virginia,  Desdeinona,  Ophelia,  Beatrice,  Rosalind  and  Gretchen. 
In  1899  she  was  married  to  Franklyn  Roberts,  an  English  actor,  and  the  same  year 
accepted  an  engagement  with  F.  F.  Proctor  to  play  a  season  of  vaudevill^  Of 
recent  years  Miss  Wainwright  has  been  seen  chiefly  in  vaudeville. 

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WALKER,  MISS  CHARLOTTE  (MRS.  DR.  JOHN  B.  HAYDEN), 
actress,  was  born  in  Galveston,  Texas,  in  1878.     Her  great-grandmother 
was  a  Pinckney  and  one  of  the  belles  of  Charleston,  S.  C.,  before  the 
Civil  War.     Her  grandfather,  Pinckney  Walker,  was  British  Consul  at 
several  Southern  cities  during  the  rebellion.     Miss  Walker  had  appeared  in  several 
amateur  performances  before  her  professional  debut,  which  was  made  in  the  chorus 
of  a  musical  play  soon  after  the  Galveston  flood,  in  which  she  lost  her  home.     Before 
the  end  of  the  year  she  was  playing  the  leading  woman's  part. 

Her  career  began  in  earnest  in  1895,  when  she  was  one  of  Richard  Mansfield's 
company.  In  1896  she  appeared  at  the  Comedy  Theatre,  in  London,  with  Charles 
Hawtrey's  company.  On  her  return  to  America,  in  1897,  she  was  engaged  by  James 
K.  Hackett  to  create  the  role  of  Virginia  Carvel,  in  "The  Crisis,"  and  for  the  next 
four  years  she  was  his  leading  woman.  The  season  of  1905-'06  she  played  leading 
roles  in  eight  different  productions  in  Xew  York.  She  opened  the  fall  season  of 
1906  as  the  heroine,  Constance  Pinckney,  in  Edward  A.  Braden's  production  of  the 
wartime  play  "On  Parole."  Miss  Walker's  chief  recreation  is  fishing. 

WALSH,  MISS  BLANCHE,  actress,  was  bora  in  Xew  York,  January  4, 
1873,  her  father  being  the  late  Thomas  Power  Walsh,  at  one  time  warden 
of  the  Tombs.  Miss  Walsh  was  graduated  from  Public  School  Xo.  50, 
in  1886.  She  had  long  desired  a  stage  career,  and  a  year  after  her  grad- 
uation she  made  her  first  amateur  apearance  at  a  benefit  performance  at  the  Windsor 
Theatre,  on  the  Bowery.  She  played  Desdemona.  Her  debut  on  the  professional 
stage  was  made  before  she  was  sixteen  years  old,  with  Thomas  McDonough,  in  the 
melodrama  "Siberia."  Her  next  engagement  was  with  Marie  Wainwright,  with 
whom  she  remained  for  three  seasons,  appearing  as  Olivia,  in  "Twelfth  Xight"; 
Zamora,  in  "The  Honeymoon" ;  Florence  Marygold,  in  "My  Uncle's  Will" ;  Madeline, 
in  "Frederic  Lemaitre" ;  Grace  Harkaway,  in  "London  Assurance,"  and  Queen  Eliza- 
beth, in  "Amy  Robsart." 

She  then  went  under  the  management  of  Charles  Frohman.  creating  the  role  of 
Diana  Stockton,  in  Bronson  Howard's  "Aristocracy,"  in  1892.  After  appearing  as 
Kate  Kennion,  in  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me,"  she  became  Xat  Goodwin's  leading 
woman,  playing  with  him  in  "A  Gilded  Fool,"  "In  Mizzoura,"  "David  Garrick," 
"The  Nominee,"  "The  Gold  Mine,"  and  "Lend  Me  Five  Shillings."  As  the  leading 
woman  of  a  summer  stock  company,  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  she  appeared  in  "Pink 
Dominoes,"  "My  Awful  Dad,"  "American  Assurance,"  "My  Wife's  Mother,"  and 
"Romeo's  First  Love."  In  1875  she  acted  the  adventuress,  Mrs.  Bulford,  in  "The 
Great  Diamond  Robbery,"  and  in  Xovember  of  the  same  year,  when  Virginia  Harned 
became  ill  suddenly,  took  her  place  as  Trilby  in  Du  Maurier's  play,  continuing  in 
it  until  the  end  of  the  season.  The  next  season  she  was  again  Xat  Goodwin's  lead- 
ing woman,  accompanying  him  on  an  Australian  tour,  and  appearing,  in  addition 
to  the  roles  she  had  already  played  with  him,  as  Lydia  Languish,  in  "The  Rivals," 
and  Louise,  in  "Gringoire." 

On  her  return  to  Xew  York  she  joined  A.  M.  Palmer's  Stock  Company,  creating 
in  it  the  role  of  Margaret  Xeville,  in  "Heartsease,"  in  October,  1896.  She  next 
played  a  dual  role,  brother  and  sister,  in  "Straight  from  the  Heart."  After  one  re- 
hearsal she  took  the  heroine  role,  Edith  Varney,  in  William  Gillette's  "Secret  Ser- 
vice," and  went  with  the  company  to  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  London,  in  May,  1897. 
Following  an  engagement  with  Sol  Smith  Russell,  in  "A  Bachelor's  Romance,"  at 
the  Garden  Theatre,  Xew  York,  she  became  a  member  of  the  Empire  Theatre  Stock 
Company  in  January.  1898,  to  play  Jeanne  Marie,  in  "The  Conquerors."  In  1899 

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she  gave  up  the  place  of  leading  woman  in  the  Manhattan  Beach  Stock  Company, 
of  Denver,  Col.,  to  star  with  Melbourne  MacDowell  in  the  repertoire  of  the  Sardou 
plays  which  made  Fanny  Davenport  famous.  As  Cleopatra,  in  "Antony  and  Cleo- 
patra" ;  as  Fedora  and  as  La  Tosca,  she  made  her  mark  as  a  tragedy  actress.  After 
several  seasons  she  and  Mr.  MacDowell  severed  their  association,  and  in  1903-'04 
she  starred  in  a  dramatization  of  Tolstoy's  "Resurrection."  The  season  of  1904-'05 
she  was  seen  in  "The  Woman  in  the  Case."  She  opened  the  fall  season  of  1906  in  a 
dramatization  of  Tolstoy's  "Kreutzer  Sonata."  She  has  a  home  at  Great  Neck,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.,  called  The  Lilacs. 


WARFIELD,  DAVID,  actor,  began  his  theatrical  life  as  an  usher  in  the 
Bush  Street  Theatre,  in  San  Francisco.     Acquiring  a  reputation  as  a 
clever  mimic,  lie  got  a  chance  to  exhibit  his  talents  on   the   stage,   and 
made  a  local  hit  in  caricatures  of  Salvini,  in  "Othello,"  and  Bernhardt, 
in  "Camille,"  in  a  play  called  "About  Town."     In  1890  he  went  to  New  York  look- 
ing for  work  of  any  kind,  and  spent  his  first  week  at  a  concert  hall  in  Eighth  avenue, 
where  a  Broadway  manager  happened  to  see  him,  and  gave  him  an  engagement  with 
John  H.  Russell,  in  "The  City  Directory." 

In  the  fall  of  1895  Mr.  Warfield  joined  the  New  York  Casino  Company  and  re- 
mained with  it  for  three  years.  It  was  in  this  engagement  that  Mr.  Warfield  made 
his  hit  as  the  East  Side  Jew.  Several  times  he  asked  to  be  allowed  to  introduce  the 
take-off  in  the  productions,  but  met  with  no  encouragement.  Finally  his  chance 
came,  not  on  the  stage,  but  at  a  ball  game  for  charity  at  the  Polo  Grounds  between 
the  cast  of  "The  Mem*  World"  and  those  burlesquing  "Trilby."  All  the  other  actors 
dressed  up  in  their  parts,  but  Warfield  made  up  as  a  Jew  pedler,  and  sold  cracked 
ice  as  souvenirs  of  the  game.  He  was  the  feature  of  the  game,  and  from  then  on 
he  was  allowed  to  introduce  his  specialty  in  all  the  productions. 

Mr.  Warfield  left  the  Casino  company  to  join  the  Weber  and  Fields  forces,  and  re- 
mained there  until  the  fall  of  1901,  when  David  Belasco  made  him  a  star  in  a  play 
called  "The  Auctioneer."  This  was  followed  by  "The  Music  Master,"  by  Charles 
Klein,  which  had  a  record  run  in  New  York. 


WARNER,  HENRY  BYRON  (HENRY  BYRON  LICKFOLD), 
actor,  was  born  in  London  in  1876,  being  the  son  of  Charles  Warner,  the 
well  known  English  actor.     He  was  educated  at  the  Bedford  Grammar 
School.     Adopting  his  father's  profession,  he  played  small  parts,  making 
his  first  success  as  the  Rev.  Mr.  Eden,  in  "It's  Never  Too  Late  to  Mend."     He  played 
many  parts  in  support  of  his  father,  and  succeeded  as  D'Artagnan  when  the  elder 
Warner  was  unable  to  play  through  illness.     After  much  experience  in  England,  he 
came  to  this  country,  in  1905.     The  fall  season  of  1906  he  appeared  as  John  Dan- 
bury,  M.  P.,  in  Israel  Zangwill's  comedy  "Nurse  Marjorie,"  in  support  of  Eleanor 
Robson.  at  the  Libertv  Theatre,  New  York. 


WEAVER,  JOSEPH,  actor  and  manager,  was  born  in  England.     His 
first  appearance  was  made  in  London,  as  an  amateur,  in  the  Byron 
Dramatic  Company,  of  which  the  noted  author,  Henry  J.  Byron,  was 
president.     Mr.  Weaver  played  Hamlet  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  in  con^ 
nection  with  this  society.     His  first  professional  engagement  \yas  as  a  member  of 
the  Alcazar  Stock  Company  in  San  Francisco,  in  1887,  under  the  name  of  Edgar 

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WILLARD,  EDWARD  SMITH,  actor,  was  horn  January  9.  1853.  at 
Brighton,  England,  being  the  youngest  but  one  of  the  six  children  of 
Smith  and  Ann  Willard.  Though  none  of  the  family  had  ever  been 
on  the  stage,  his  earliest  inclination  was  toward  acting,  to  the  dissatis- 
faction of  his  father,  who  wished  him  to  engage  in  some  commercial  pursuit.  When 
he  was  only  sixteen  years  old  his  father  reluctantly  consented  to  let  him  experiment 
with  his  dramatic  talent,  predicting  a  speedy  and  crestfallen  return  to  the  parental 
roof;  and  under  the  management  of  F.  Xeebe.  of  the  Theatre  Royal.  Kxeter.  Mr. 
Willard  made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  at  Weymouth.  England.  December 
26,  1869,  acting  the  part  of  the  Second  Officer,  in  "The  Lady  of  Lyons."'  After  the 
season  with  Xeebe  Mr.  Willard  made  engagements  that  took  him  the  round  of  the 
Western  provinces,  afterward  going  to  Glasgow  to  play  "responsible  utilities." 
There  he  attracted  the  attention  of  the  late  E.  A.  Sothern.  who  engaged  him  for  a 
tour,  during  which  he  played  Captain  De  Boots,  in  "Dundreary  Married  and 
Settled";  Mr.  Brown,  in  "David  Garrick,"  and  Sir  Edward  Trent-hard,  in  "Our 
American  Cousin."  After  that  he  played  several  stock  seasons,  including  one  at 
Belfast,  Ireland,  in  1871,  where  he  got  his  first  real  chance  as  John  Ferae,  in 
"Progress,"  by  T.  W.  Robertson.  This  performance  gave  him  a  status,  and  soon 
after  he  was  appearing  in  such  roles  as  Romeo,  Mac-duff,  lago,  Falconbridge.  in 
"King  John";  Wellborn,  in  "A  Xew  Way  to  Pay  Old  Debts,"  and  Edmund,  in 
"King  Lear,"  in  support  of  stars. 

Mr.  Willard's  first  appearance  in  London  was  made  at  the  Covent  Garden 
Theatre  December  26,  1875,  when  he  acted  Alfred  Highflyer,  in  the  little  play.  "A 
Roland  for  an  Oliver,"  which  preceded  the  pantomime  of  "Cinderella,"  and  after- 
ward Antonio,  in  "The  Merchant  of  Venice."  Charles  Rice  being  the  Shylock.  At 
the  expiration  of  this  engagement  Mr.  Willard  entered  upon  a  series  of  stock  seasons 
in  the  principal  cities,  adding  to  his  rapidly  increasing  list  of  characters  Edgar,  in 
"King  Lear";  Eugene  Aram,  Sydney  Daryl,  in  "Society";  Horace  Holmcroft.  in 
"The  New  Magdalen";  Robert  Ffolliott,'  in  "The  Shaughraun" :  Dubosc  and 
Lesurques,  in  "The  Lyons  Mail,"  and  Hector  Placide,  in  "Led  Astray." 

A  turning  point  in  his  career  was  his  engagement,  in  September,  1877,  as  leading 
man  in  support  of  Helen  Barry,  which  gave  him  the  opportunity  to  play 
Macbeth,  Claude  Melnotte,  Lord  Clancarty,  Sir  Peter  Teazle.  Arkwright,  in  "Ark- 
wright's  Wife,"  etc.,  a  repertoire  that  not  only  gave  him  a  clear  idea  of  his  own 
resources,  but  attracted  to  him  the  attention  of  managers.  From  this  time  the 
young  artist's  services  were  in  demand,  and  in  1881  he  was  engaged  by  the  late 
Wilson  Barrett  as  the  principal  actor  in  the  company  with  which  Mr.  Barrett  began 
his  long  management  of  the  Princess  Theatre,  in  London.  Mr.  Willard's  first  role 
at  the  Princess  was  Clifford  Armitage,  in  "The  Lights  o'  London,"  by  G.  R.  Sims. 
His  intensity,  vigor  and  original  methods  in  that  part  gained  him  the  favorable 
recognition  of  the  London  public.  This  was  greatly  strengthened  by  his  next 
creation,  that,  of  Philip  Royston,  in  "The  Romany  Rye."  His  first  really  great 
London  success,  however,  was  made  as  The  Spider  (Captain  Skinner),  in  "The 
Silver  King,"  after  which  Mr.  Willard  was  pointed  to  as  the  coming  actor.  Other 
notable  parts  played  by  Mr.  Willard  during  his  five  years  at  the  Princess,  either 
in  the  regular  bill  or  at  special  matinees,  were :  The  King,  in  "Hamlet" ;  the  Holy 
Clement,  in  "Claudian";  Sextus  Tarquin,  in  Bulwer  Lytton's  "The  Household 
Gods";  Glaucias,  in  "Clito";  Mark  Lezzard,  in  "Hoodman  Blind";  King  William, 
in  "Lady  Clancarty" ;  Tom  Pinch,  in  the  play  of  that  title ;  Wild  rake,  in  "The  Love 
Chase,"  and  lachimo,  in  "Cymbeline." 

In  1886  Mr.  Willard  began  an  engagement  at  the  Haymarket  Theatre,  where 
he  played  Jame?  Ralston,  in  "Jim  the  Penman";  Tony  Saxon,  in  "Hard  Hit,"  and 

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Geoffrey  Delamayn,  in  "Man  and  Wife."  In  June,  1889,  with  John  Lart,  he  took 
the  Shaftesbury  Theatre,  which  he  opened  with  a  revival  of  "Jim  the  Penman" 
preparatory  to  the  production  of  ''The  Middleman,"  then  heing  written  for  him  by 
Henry  Arthur  Jones.  The  latter  play  was  produced  August  29,  1889,  and  was  an 
instantaneous  success,  Mr.  Willard 's  performance  of  Cyrus  Blenkarn  placing  him  in 
the  front  rank  of  English  actors. 

"The  Middleman"  was  followed  by  "Judah,"  by  the  same  author,  in  which  Mr. 
Willard  was  no  less  successful.  The  late  A.  M.  Palmer,  of  New  York,  was  present 
at  the  first  performance  of  "The  Middleman,"  and  suggested  to  Mr.  Willard  that 
he  should  visit  the  United  States.  A  partnership  was  entered  into,  and  at  Palmer's 
Theatre,  New  York,  on  November  12,  1890,  Mr.  Willard  made  his  first  American 
appearance  and  played  a  New  York  season  of  twenty-two  weeks,  acting  in  "The 
Middleman,"  "Judah,"  "John  Needham's  Double"  and  "Wealth,"  and  on  his  last 
night  "Old  Soldiers"  and  "My  Wife's  Dentist."  Chicago  and  Boston  were  then 
visited,  and  the  success  of  this  short  tour  practically  established  Mr.  Willard  on 
the  American  stage  as  a  general  favorite.  Since  that  time  he  has  made  almost 
annual  visits  to  the  United  States  and  Canada.  On  June  1,  1893,  his  three  years' 
partnership  with  Mr.  Palmer  came  to  an  end.  He  then  took  the  reins  of  manage- 
ment into  his  own  hands  and  has  since  conducted  his  own  business  affairs. 

In  the  very  long  list  of  plays  in  which  he  has  been  seen  here,  besides  those 
already  named,  are:  "The  Professor's  Love  Story"  (which  he  has  now  played 
about  a  thousand  times,  equalling  the  number  of  performances  of  "The  Middle- 
man"), "A  Fool's  Paradise,"  "David  Garrick,"  "The  Rogue's  Comedy,"  "The 
Physician,"  "Hamlet,"  "All  for  Her,"  "The  Cardinal,"  "Tom  Pinch,"  "The  Fool's 
Revenge,"  "A  Pair  of  Spectacles."  "The  Brighter  Side,"  "The  Man  Who  Was"  and 
"Colonel  Newcome." 

Mr.  Willard  is  a  member  of  the  Garrick  and  Green  Room  clubs,  of  London,  and 
The  Players  and  the  Lotos  Club,  of  New  York. 


WILLIAMS,  FRITZ  (FREDERICK  WILLIAMS),  actor,  was  born 
in  Boston  August  23,  1865,  his  father  and  mother  being  members  of  the 
stock  company  at  the  Boston  Museum  for  fifteen  years.     Fritz  made 
his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  at  that  theatre  when  six  months  old, 
being  carried  on  by  William  Warren,  the  comedian,  in  a  farce  called  "Seeing  Wrar- 
ren."     In  1879  Fritz  Williams  attracted  much  attention  as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  in  a 
juvenile  "Pinafore"  company  at  the  Boston  Museum.     The  same  year  his  family 
moved  to  New  York,  and  Fritz  won  some  fame  as  a  concert  singer,  singing  "Gil- 
more's  American  Anthem"  at  a  big  concert  at  Madison  Square  Garden  on  St.  Pat- 
rick's Day,  1880.     Being  clever  with  the  violin,  he  also  became  a  member  of  the 
Germania  Theatre  orchestra,  and  for  two  seasons  was  first  violin  at  Tony  Pastor's. 
During  this  time  he  was  studying  at  St.  John's  College.  Fordham,  N.  Y.,  from  which 
be  was  graduated  when  twenty  years  old. 

Mr.  Williams  made  his  first  appearance  as  a  professional  actor  at  Wallack's 
Theatre,  New  York,  as  Anatole,  in  "A  Scrap  of  Paper."  He  then  made  a  success 
as  Jimmy,  in  "Nita's  First,"  an  English  farce.  He  afterward  played  with  Frank- 
Mayo,  in  "The  Streets  of  New  York,"  and  with  Edwin  Booth,  in  "Don  Ca?sar  de 
Ba/an."  He  then  acted  with  Dion  Boucicault,  in  "The  Jilt"  and  other  plays,  for 
three  successive  seasons.  A  season  with  Arthur  Rehan  on  the  road  followed,  and  in 
1889  Mr.  Williams  became  a  member  of  the  Lyceum  Theatre  Company,  New  York, 
remaining  with  the  organization  until  1896.  During  that  time  his  chief  successes 
were  as  Alec  Robinson,  in  "The  Charity  Ball" ;  Ferguson  Pybus.  in  "The  Case  of 

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Eebellious  Susan" ;  the  Count  du  Grival,  in  "The  Amazons,"  and  Frank  Trendal,  in 
"The  Home  Secretary." 

Leaving  the  Lyceum  company,  Mr.  Williams  was  seen  in  many  farce  comedies, 
such  as  "Thoroughbred,"  "On  and  Off"  and  "Make  Way  for  the  Ladies."  The  sea- 
son of  1900-'01  Mr.  Williams  was  with  the  Weber  &  Fields  company.  Of  late  years 
he  has  appeared  in  various  parts  and  many  companies. 

Mr.  Williams  married  Katherine  Florence,  an  actress,  June  25,  1896. 


WILSON,  FRANCIS,  actor  and  author,  was  born  at  Philadelphia  on 
February  7,  1854.  His  father,  Charles  E.  Wilson,  was  of  Quaker 
parentage  and  his  mother  a  Virginian.  Although  none  of  his  forebears 
were  players,  Francis  Wilson  sang  and  danced  as  soon  as  he  could  talk 
and  walk,  and  showed  the  player's  spirit  in  his  knickerbocker  days.  He  made  his 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  as  a  child  in  Philadelphia  in  a  dance  called  "The  Es- 
sence of  Old  Virginny."  As  a  youth  he  organized  amateur  minstrel  performances, 
one  of  which  was  staged  in  the  Assembly  Building,  Tenth  and  Chestnut  streets,  Phila- 
delphia. This  led  to  his  associating  himself  with  another  youth  with  similar  capa- 
bilities, James  E.  Mackin,  and  together  they  toured  the  country,  singing  and  dancing. 
In  1877,  when  he  was  twenty-three  years  old,  Mr.  Wilson  gave  up  the  hundred  dollars 
a  week  his  partnership  with  Mackin  was  netting  him  to  gratify  what  had  from  the 
outset  been  his  ambition — the  legitimate  stage.  He  took  a  place  at  $15  a  week  as 
general  utility  man  at  the  Chestnut  Street  Theatre.  Philadelphia,  where  William  E. 
Sheridan,  W.  J.  Ferguson,  Frank  Sanger,  Charles  Stanley,  Lily  Glover,  Alice  Mans- 
field and  Mrs.  Stoneall  were  among  the  players. 

There  he  made  his  first  appearance  in  legitimate  comedy  as  Cool,  in  "London 
Assurance."  He  became  second  low  comedian,  playing  Sam  Gerridge,  in  Kobertson's 
"Caste,"  and  continued  at  the  same  theatre  for  the  season  of  1878-"79  at  a  salary  of 
$20  a  week.  In  the  summer  of  that  season  he  appeared  with  Annie  Pixley,  in 
"M''liss."  All  this  time  he  was  overcoming  the  handicap  of  the  lack  of  an  early 
education  by  constant  study  of  literature,  drama  and  music.  He  took  up  sparring 
and  fencing,  and  in  1876  won  the  amateur  fencing  championship  of  the  United 
States  at  Gilmore's  (Madison  Square)  Garden,  Xew  York.  When  lack  of  patronage 
forced  the  Chestnut  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  to  close  its  doors,  Mr.  Wilson 
joined  "Mitchell's  Pleasure  Party,"  one  of  the  earliest  of  American  musical  plays. 

In  1883,  in  San  Francisco,  he  started  in  comic  opera  as  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  in 
"Pinafore."  He  became  the  leading  comedian  of  the  McCaull  Opera  Company  and 
of  the  Casino  in  New  York  in  1885,  remaining  there  until  1889,  and  creating  the 
character  of  Cadeaux,  in  "Erminie."  Subsequently  he  organized  his  own  company, 
in  which  he  has  since  taken  leading  comedy  roles  in  "The  Oolah,"  "The  Merry 
Monarch,"  "The  Lion  Tamer,"  "Erminie"  '(revival),  "The  Chieftain,"  "Devil's 
Deputy,"  "Half  a  King"  and  "The  Little  Corporal,"  1898-'99;  "Cyrano  de  Ber- 
gerac,"  1900;  "The  Monks  of  Malabar,"  1901;  "The  Strollers,"  1901-'02;  "The 
Toreador,"  1902-'03.  In  1904-'05  he  engaged  in  legitimate  comedy,  under  the  man- 
agement of  Charles  Frohman,  as  Billy  Jenks,  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  in  "Cousin  Bill/' 
("Le  "Voyage  de  M.  Perrichon"),  an  adaptation  from  the  French  by  Clyde  Fitch.  In 
April,  1905,  he  produced  Austin  Strong's  and  Lloyd  Osbourne's  "The  Little  Father 
of  the  Wilderness,"  playing  in  this  one  act  drama  the  character  of  Pere  Marlotte.  In 
February,  1906,  he  produced  "The  Mountain  Climber,"  a  comedy,  "Der  Hochtourist," 
from  the  German,  by  Graatz  and  Neal. 

In  1881  Mr.  Wilson  married  -Miss  Mira  Barree,  of  Chicago.  They  have  had  two 
children,  Frances  and  Adelaide,  the  former  being  the  wife  of  Monsieur  Charles 

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Huard,  the  French  cartoonist.  In  addition  to  a  number  of  magazine  articles,  Mr. 
Wilson  is  the  author  of  "Recollections  of  a  Player/''  "The  Eugene  Field  I  Knew," 
"Joseph  Jefferson ;  Recollections  of  a  Fellow  Player" ;  "Letters  of  an  Actor  to  His 
Daughter,"  "The  Madonna  of  the  Mansion"  and  several  unproduced  plays.  He  is 
frequently  heard  on  the  lecture  platform.  He  is  a  member  of  The  Players  and  The 
Lambs.  He  lives  at  The  Orchard,  New  Eochelle,  New  York.  Business  address,  Em- 
pire Theatre,  New  York. 


WILSON,  GEORGE  W.,  actor,  was  born  in  Boston  September  24,  1856, 
and  made  his  first  appearance  with  the  stock  company  at  the  Boston 
Theatre  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.     He  remained  with  that 
company  until  1894,  and  on  November  25,  1878,  at  that  theatre,  he  was 
the  first  in  this  country  to  play  Sir  Joseph  Porter,  in  "Pinafore."     Associated  with 
him   in  that  production   were  Joseph   Haworth.  Melbourne'  MacDowell,   William 
Morris,  Marie  Wainwright  and  Sadie  Martinet. 

The  season  of  1895-'96  Mr.  Wilson  played  in  "The  Old  Homestead"  and  in  "The 
Salt  of  the  Earth."  He  then  organized  his  own  company  and  toured  New  England. 
He  made  his  chief  success  as  Louis  XI,  supporting  E.  H.  Sothern,  in  "If  I  Were 
King,"  playing  two  seasons  in  New  York.  He  also  supported  Annie  Russell  in 
"Brother  Jacques." 


WINTER,  MISS  WINONA,  actress  and  singer,  was  born  in  Huntsville, 
Ala.,  in  1888,  being  the  daughter  of  Banks  Winter,  the  song  writer  and 
composer.     She  was  educated  at  the  Boston  High  School,  and  made  her 
first  appearance  on  the  stage  in  Detroit  with  "The  Little  Tycoon"  com- 
pany.    She  first  attracted  attention  in  the  vaudeville  theatres  in  this  country,  and 
then  went  to  London,  where  she  played  at  the  leading  music  halls.     Her  work  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  Charles  Frohman  in  the  summer  of  1906,  and  he  engaged 
her  for  his  musical  comedy  company.     She  returned  to  this  country  and  opened,  as 
Lady  Agnes  Congress,  in  "The  Little  Cherub,"  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  New  York, 
where  she  made  a  decided  success. 


WOLFF,  WILLIAM,  comedian,  was  born  in  Germany  in  1861.   He  came 
to  the  United  States  during  the  Civil  War,  at  the  age  of  four,  and  at- 
tended school  in  Ogdensburg.  N.  Y..  until  he  was  eighteen.     In  1876" 
his  parents  moved  to  Syracuse,  and  there,  at  the  age  of  nineteen,  he  took 
up  amateur  theatrical  work.    He  made  his  first  appearance  on  any  stage  in  Syracuse 
a?  Gaspard,  in  "The  Chimes  of  Normandy."    Mrs.  Henrietta  Holman,  manager  of 
the  opera  company  known  as  the  Holman  Sisters,  saw  his  performance,  and  made 
him  an  offer  of  $6  a  week  and  expenses.     The  fascination  of  the  stage  led  him  to 
give  up  a  goou  business  to  accept  this  offer.    After  remaining  with  this  company  for 
two  seasons,  and  meeting  with  ill  success  in  New  York  in  subsequent  engagements, 
he  went  to  Chicago,  and  in  1881  joined  the  Chicago  Church  Choir  Company,  then 
managed  by  Will  J.  Davis.     With  this  company  he  took  charge  of  the  stage  and 
played  the  principal  comedy  parts  in  all  the  Gilbert  &  Sullivan  operas. 

After  an  engagement  with  the  Hess  Grand  Opera  Company  he  became  the  leading 
comedian  of  the  Fay  Templeton  Opera  Company.  Returning  to  Chicago,  he  played 
in  stock  opera  at  Grenier's  Garden  until  1885.  From  Chicago  he  jumped  to  the 
Pacific  Coast,  with  Colonel  William  Thompson's  opera  company,  leaving  it  to  play 

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the  judg-e,  in  George  Skylight's  production  of  "Huron  Kudoli."  Once  moiv  hark  in 
(Chicago,  he  for  two  months  played  at  the  head  of  his  own  company.  He  paid  ex- 
penses, nothing  more.  He  then  became  stage  manager  and  leading  comedian  of  the 
George  A.  Baker  Opera  Company,  with  which  lie  remained  seven  years.  In  1804. 
with  Thomas  W.  Prior,  he  organized  an  opera  company,  which  played  at  the  Schiller 
Theatre,  Chicago.  It  was  the  year  of  the  Pullman  strike,  and  Mr.  WoHT's  last  cent 
paid  for  the  passage  of  the  members  of  his  company  back  to  N"ew  York.  Soon  after- 
ward Mr.  Wolff  became  acquainted  with  Henry  \\ .  Savage,  and  to  him  proposed  a 
stock  opera  company  for  the  Castle  Square  Theatre.  Boston.  Mr.  Savage  at  once- 
engaged  Mr.  Wolff  to  organize  the  company,  and  on  May  5.  1805.  the  Castle  Square 
Opera  Company  gave  its  first  performance,  with  Mr.  Woltf  as  general  director  and 
leading  comedian. 

He  continued  to  be  general  director  for  Mr.  Savage  for  four  years,  during  which 
time  he  organized  companies  for  Boston.  Philadelphia.  Xew  York.  Baltimore  and 
Washington.  In  188!)  he  sang  in  opera  for  a  year  in  San  Francisco,  jumped  to 
Honolulu,  and  while  there  accepted  a  cable  offer  from  J.  C.  Williamson  to  go  to 
Australia  and  become  stage  manager  of  the  Williamson  Grand  Italian  Opera  Com- 
pany. After  a  tour  around  the  world  he  stopped  in  London  for  six  months  to  stage 
a  revival  of  "The  Belle  of  Xew  York,"  in  which  he  played  the  part  of  Muggs.  From 
there  he  went  to  Havana  to  play  a  short  engagement.  For  the  last  three  years  he 
has  played  in  the  Shubert  productions,  making  personal  successes  in  "The  Run- 
aways,"  "Winsome  Winnie"  and  "Happyland."  He  has  played  one  hundred  and 
forty  grand  and  comic  opera  parts.  He  is  the  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  AVolff, 
Fording  &  Co.,  theatrical  costumers,  of  Boston. 

WOODRUFF,  HENRY,   actor,  was  born  in  Jersey  City  in  18TO,  and 
made  his  first  appearance  on  the  stage  nine  years  later,  at  the  Four- 
teenth Street  Theatre,  Xew  York,  in  the  chorus  of  a  children's  "Pina- 
fore" company.     He  was  speedily  promoted  to  the  part  of  the  Boatswain. 
and  afterward  to  that  of  Ralph  Rackstraw.     His  next  engagement  was  with  Daniel 
Handmann,  as  the  page,  in  "Xarcisse." 

Mr.  Woodruff  then  played  boys'  parts  with  Adelaide  Xielson,  scoring  in  her  pro- 
duction of  "Cymbeline."  Two  seasons  playing  Xed.  in  "The  Black  Flag,"  with 
Edwin  Thorne,  followed,  and  in  1887  Mr.  Woodruff  joined  the  stock  company  of  the 
late  A.  M.  Palmer  at  the  Madison  Square  Theatre,  Xew  York,  making  his  first 
appearance  as  Jack  Ralston,  in  "Jim  the  Penman."  He  also  created  the  part  of 
Lathrop  Page,  in  "Alabama,"  by  Augustus  Thomas,  and  Arthur  Hubbard,  in  "Sur- 
render," by  the  same  author. 

Mr.  Woodruff  created  the  part  of  Ben  Hur  in  the  adaptation  of  General  Lew  Wal- 
lace's novel,  and  the  seasons  of  1905-'OG-'07  he  starred  in  "Brown  of  Harvard." 


WORTHING,  FRANK,  actor,  was  born  in  England,  and  began  his  pro- 
fessional career  as  assistant  prompter  in  an  English  stock  company. 
His  first  important  engagement  was  in  support  of  Sarah  Thorne,  in 
whose  company  he  soon  rose  from  the  smallest  to  the  most  important 
parts.     In  1890  he  joined  Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell's  company,  first  appearing  with 
her  as  Orlando,  in  "As  You  Like  It."     Afterward  he  succeeded  the  late  Charles 
Coghlan  as  leading  man  with  Mrs.   Langtry,  playing  Orlando,   Claude  Melnotte. 
Charles  Surface  and  Lord  Clancarty.     His  next  engagement  was  with  Olga  Xether- 
.«ole.  with  whom  he  made  his  first  appearance  in  America.     After  his  season  with 

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her  he  was  engaged  by  Augustin  Daly,  and  appeared  at  Daly's  Theatre  in  leading 
roles  with  Ada  Rehan.  After  playing  in  "A  House  of  Cards/'  by  Sydney  Rosen- 
feld,  he  became  leading  man  in  the  Frawley  Stock  Company  and  toured  the  Pacific 
Coast.  Returning  to  New  York  in  1899,  he  supported  Annie  Russell,  in  "Cath- 
arine." The  following  season  he  appeared  in  Israel  Zangwill's  "Children  of  the 
Ghetto"  and  in  the  title  role  of  "Nauthy  Anthony,"  with  Blanche  Bates,  in  David 
Belasco's  production  of  that  play.  One  of  his  most  recent  and  pronounced  suc- 
cesses was  in  "The  Climbers/'  with  Amelia  Bingham's  production  of  Clyde  Fitch's 
play.  In  1902-'03  he  was  with  Julia  Marlowe,  in  "The  Queen  Fiametta"  and 
"The  Cavalier";  in  1903-'04,  in  "Fools  of  Nature"  and  "The  Other  Girl";  1904-'05, 
with  Miss  Bingham,  in  "The  Climbers/'  "The  Wife  Without  a  Smile/'  "Mrs. 
Temple's  Telegram/'  and  with  Margaret  Anglin  in  repertoire:  190o-'06.  with  Miss 
Anglin,  in  "Zira" ;  Ellis  Jeffreys,  in  "The  Fascinating  Mr.  A'anderveldt,"  and  with 
Mrs.  Patrick  Campbell  in  London.  The  fall  of  1906  Mr.  Worthing  appeared  in 
support  of  Grace  George,  in  "Clothes." 


ZAXGWILL,  ISRAEL,  playwright,  was  born  in  London  in  1864,  being  the 
son  of  M.  Zangwill,  a  Jewish  refugee.     He  received  some  little  education 
in  elementary  schools,  but  is  practically  self-educated.     In  1903  he  married 
Edith   Ayrton,   a  daughter  of   Professor   Ayrton.     He  was  originally   an 
elementary  school  teacher  and  then  a  journalist,  acting  as  editor  of  a  humorou? 
weekly  called  "Ariel."     He  is  the  author  of  numerous  plays,  including  "'Six  Per- 
sons,"  played   at  the   Haymarket,   London,   in   1892;   "Children   of  the   Ghetto," 
Adelphi,  London,  1899,  and  Herald  Square,  New  York ;  "The  Moment  of  Death," 
at    Wallack's,    New    York,    1900;    "The    Revolted    Daughter,"    a   comedy,    1901; 
"Merely  Mary  Ann,"  Duke  of  York's,  1904,  played  in  this  country  by  Eleanor 
Robson;  "The   Serio-Comic-Governess,"  Lyceum,  New  York,   1904;   "Jinny,   the 
Carrier,"   Criterion,   New  York,   1904,   and  "A  Great  Demonstration."     He  has 
written  many  essays,  novels  and  poems,  and  is  a  leader  in  the  Zionist  movement 
for  the  formation  of  an  autonomous  Jewish  state.     Mr.  Zansrwill's  home  is  No.  9 
Elm  Tree  Road,  St.  John's  Wood,  London,  N.  W. 


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